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You do realize that planting soy crops is one of the leading causes of deforestation of rain forests in places like Brazil and Bolivia, and often leads traditional farmers to give up “sustainable” planting practices to rely on soy monocultures, right?
Also, are you 100% positive that the power used to print the promotional materials was run entirely on wind power? I’m not saying that it isn’t true, merely that it’s pretty difficult to differentiate from what source electricity is coming from.
One can’t rule out the possibility of the printers having their own wind farm, of course, but it seems to me that you haven’t offered any evidence to support the claim you’re making in your moniker.
And, not to be overly nit-picky, but one assumes that the metal in the staples that were used to post all these signs up came from somewhere — presumably some sort of mine — which was then likely shipped to Chinese sweat shops for processing and packaging and subsequently shipped back to the United States for distribution — probably in diesel-burning semi trucks bound for big-box stores like Staples or Office Depot.
“Save the Earth! Save the Earth! Here, take this useless pamphlet which I know you are going to throw in the trash, or maybe even on the ground, and SAVE THE EARTH!”
If you used the paper to print this crap it’s both post-consumer waste AND pre-consumer waste amirite?
And if a flier is “powered by wind-power” doesn’t that just mean it’s blowing away?
I’ll be here all week.
Undermine this cult.
Someone want to organize a protest during the conference?
100% recycled post-waste.
Unfortunately, it’s visual pollution, and deserves to be burned.
You do realize that planting soy crops is one of the leading causes of deforestation of rain forests in places like Brazil and Bolivia, and often leads traditional farmers to give up “sustainable” planting practices to rely on soy monocultures, right?
Also, are you 100% positive that the power used to print the promotional materials was run entirely on wind power? I’m not saying that it isn’t true, merely that it’s pretty difficult to differentiate from what source electricity is coming from.
One can’t rule out the possibility of the printers having their own wind farm, of course, but it seems to me that you haven’t offered any evidence to support the claim you’re making in your moniker.
And, not to be overly nit-picky, but one assumes that the metal in the staples that were used to post all these signs up came from somewhere — presumably some sort of mine — which was then likely shipped to Chinese sweat shops for processing and packaging and subsequently shipped back to the United States for distribution — probably in diesel-burning semi trucks bound for big-box stores like Staples or Office Depot.
Or maybe not.
…and smelling like smug hippie too
All of the materials for Power Shift West are printed on 100% recycled post-consumer waste paper using Soy-based inks and powered by wind-power.
“Save the Earth! Save the Earth! Here, take this useless pamphlet which I know you are going to throw in the trash, or maybe even on the ground, and SAVE THE EARTH!”