Consumerization of Environmentalism

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"Natural-food grocer Whole Foods Market Inc. said Tuesday it will rely on wind energy for all of its electricity needs, making it the largest corporate user of renewable energy in the United States," the Associated Press reports.

"It's a sales driver rather than a cost," Whole Foods regional president Michael Besancon tells the AP. "All of those things we do related to our core values: help drive sales, help convince a customer to drive past three or four other supermarkets on the way to Whole Foods."

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and in other random news

A study finds that young single white males are more likely (than other members of the workforce) to come into work with a hangover

File that under "Finding out things we already know for $25,000 Alex"

Comments

[campbellconey.livejournal.com]

There's nothing better than sticking it the ozone layer while eating free range pork.