Responsible Shoppers, but Bad Citizens?
When you stay in a hotel, you reuse your towel. When you shop for detergent, you reach for something nontoxic. But do small acts like these lead to further steps, or just check the “good deed” box for the day and distract from real activism? Is environmentally responsible spending effective or just a distraction?
* detergent = 세제/ nontoxic = 무독성의/ good deed = 선행/ distract from ~ = ~로 부터 (주의를) 딴 데로 돌리다/ activism = 행동주의; 능동주의; 활동주의
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1) Individual Actions Just Don’t Add Up
Yes, we should shop better. And reduce, reuse, recycle. But household garbage is only 3 percent of the waste produced in the United States.
2) Consumers Can Get Results
Environmentally conscious purchasing is only 1 to 5 percent of the market, but is already making a difference.
3) Shopping and Activism Can Go Together
The trouble is that there just are not enough of either: the conscious consumer or the civically engaged.
4) Vote With Your Dollars, and Also Vote
Policy change is the only way we know how to guide consumer behavior on a truly large scale.
5) Eco-Consciousness Can Start at the Supermarket
Organic food and nontoxic cleaning supplies tend to be the gateway to eco-living.
