Campaign to Reduce Wasteful Packaging

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Friday February 19, 2010 · 10:12 AM PST

2010/02/19 · 10:12

I'm sharing an email I sent to Hewlett-Packard asking them to reduce the plastic they use in their packaging. I'm not picking on HP because they are the worst offender. But this seems as good an example of egregiously wasteful packaging as any. (see photo link below)

If you would like to join this effort, you can copy and paste the following email into your email editor and send it. If you see other examples of wasteful packaging that you think should be added to this campaign, please send them to the email address on my home diary page.

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Thursday January 21, 2010 · 9:09 PM PST

2010/01/21 · 21:09

This is pure speculation, perhaps simply an expression of fear. But I believe that today's 5-4 decision to remove limitations on campaign spending may prove to be one of the most significant decisions in the U.S. Supreme Court's history. I expect the following consequences.

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Sunday October 25, 2009 · 12:38 PM PDT

2009/10/25 · 12:38

This eleven year old boy – let’s call him "Ray" – does not ordinarily sit still for more than a few minutes. But he is focused while sitting on one of the long benches that surround the big chessboard painted on the floor at Crossroads Mall. As he watches the men slide two-foot wooden chess pieces about with a foot, Ray occasionally wraps one hand around the other hand, pointing an index finger at the big board and vocalizing – "ah, ah, ah."

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Friday July 24, 2009 · 5:47 AM PDT

2009/07/24 · 05:47

The Seattle Times reported this week that the American Chemistry Council has spent a half million dollars on a PR campaign against a Seattle referendum that would charge a 20 cent fee on disposable shopping bags. The ACC’s contribution is the single largest to a local ballot-measure in recent Seattle history.

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Saturday June 27, 2009 · 9:47 AM PDT

2009/06/27 · 09:47

As one new climate study after another crosses our headlines, most of us have come to understand that the problem is real, but we are uncertain about what we need to do about it. In Creating a Personal Plan for Confronting Climate Change: Part 1 – Sources of Information, I argued that the first step is to stop reading endless "Tips for Reducing Your Carbon Footprint" and find reliable sources that address the actual scope of the problem. This leads to the realization that political action must be part of any effective personal plan for confronting climate change.

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Wednesday June 10, 2009 · 8:43 PM PDT

2009/06/10 · 20:43

I don’t usually get angry enough to try to write my Congressmen and get friends and family involved on a political issue, but the version of "Cash for Clunkers" that made it through the House infuriates me.

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Friday August 29, 2008 · 9:25 AM PDT

2008/08/29 · 09:25

In her recent book, Wrestling with Starbucks: Conscience, Capital, Cappuccino, Kim Fellner compares Starbucks to Bill Clinton. She likes the good things they do, but doesn’t know whether they can be trusted to do the right thing when times get tough, suggesting that, "When Starbucks’ ship encounters a really bad sea, someone may be tossed overboard, and it’s not likely to be the shareholders."

The Seattle Times July 31 headline news on Starbucks made it clear that the bad sea has arrived. The company that introduced America to the culture of lattes, lounge chairs, and laptops saw its first quarterly loss since 1992, closing 616 stores nationwide.

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Sunday August 24, 2008 · 10:27 AM PDT

2008/08/24 · 10:27

It is no secret that Republicans currently have the upper hand in the battle for public opinion on the issue of offshore drilling. Faced with skyrocketing gasoline prices that pose a genuine threat to their standard of living, Americans are quick to embrace any policy that appears to promise relief, and they are quick to anger over any politician who appears to stand in the way of such relief. Democrats, intimidated by the public mood and apparently ready to "compromise" on the issue, may be missing an important opportunity to go on the offensive, but leadership from the Obama campaign would be needed to pull it off.

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Monday August 18, 2008 · 8:09 PM PDT

2008/08/18 · 20:09

This is the fifth and final segment in a series that compares three alternatives in the "ethical coffee" market: fair trade, direct trade, and Starbucks’ C.A.F.E. practices.

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Saturday August 16, 2008 · 6:31 PM PDT

2008/08/16 · 18:31

This is the fourth part of a five-part series comparing three alternatives to the traditional coffee market for the socially responsible consumer: fair trade, direct trade, and Starbuck’s C.A.F.E. program.

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Sunday August 10, 2008 · 8:12 AM PDT

2008/08/10 · 08:12

By WeBuyItGreen: promoting green living and fair trade

This is the third article in a five-part series that compares fair trade coffee, direct trade coffee, and Starbucks’ C.A.F.E. program. The first article in the series, Why Do We Need Fair Trade Coffee?, explains how conditions in the traditional coffee industry gave rise to fair trade coffee. The second article, Fair Trade Coffee, explains how fair trade differs from the traditional coffee market. It also addresses several criticisms of fair trade.

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Sunday July 27, 2008 · 5:55 PM PDT

2008/07/27 · 17:55

By WeBuyItGreen: promoting green living and fair trade

This is the second article in a five-part series that examines three alternatives for the socially responsible coffee drinker: fair trade, direct trade, and Starbuck’s C.A.F.E. program. There are other labels such as certified organic, Rainforest Alliance certified, and UTZ certified coffee. If you would like an overview of these and other certification labels for coffee, they are nicely explained in a recent article entitled Making Sense of Certification. The three alternatives to be addressed in this series are major contenders in the specialty coffee market that claim to provide both a fair price for the farmer and environmentally sustainable practices.

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