I'm NOT another one of those Eco-freak hippies high on "organic pot."
Whatever that is.
I think business is as important as the environment! If either of them shriveled
up tomorrow and died, we'd be not just toasted-but crispy, too!
I do think the world is full of waste. I cannot stand seeing
unused things being thrown out, when they are a) perfectly fine and b) could be given to someone. I think that bureaucracy has a part to do with this: You cannot deal with everyone one Earth as a friend and still get the job done efficiently.
However, there can be major improvements in our culture and on an individual basis, too.
Say you're at a conference where you've eaten lunch, and you see an un-opened soda
that will be thrown away. Why not take it and enjoy it later?
That saves you that much money, and saves the environment from one more soda can...
Just a better way to live by, that's all!
I also have other ideas from helping the environment and making life
more efficient and productive.
- Water is often wasted. We could have air-suction removal of human waste!
- Solar panels installed as an industry standard would increase the building cost, but also have you spending less on electricity!
- Virtual space: While this already happens to some extent, book stores needn't exist in the same manor: Have them be online, with "dump sites" for books, where you give up a real book for a virtual book voucher for the book of your choice.
- Virtual space: We can also save thousands for companies by streaming A/V on the net. Now you don't have to go to freezing NYC for your conference.
Those would all presumably work nicely. Unfortunately they don't exist yet...
What would you do to increase efficiency and help the environment?
Childrens consigment store/swap meet
ReplyDeleteIt would be for anything kid from -9months - college dorm. The reason I believe that age group would be so perfect is because that stuff is used for a relatively short time. You are always in need of the next thing. People could bring their stuff to a clean, open place and purchase anything from baby clothes to toys to childrens furniture to maturity clothes. The stuff would all be in decent condition and the previous owner could make a percentage of the sale or trade their old stuff for something of equal value. For example, baby grew out of her crib and needs a toddler bed. Why not trade your crib in for a used toddler bed. I'm sure someone else needs a crib. Or alternatively put the crib on consignment and use that money toward a new bed. It would be like a non junky, sanitary, focused swap meet/consignment store.