According to the oldest story known to a large portion of humanity – the earth was created and it was good. Not so much anymore. As we have claimed dominion over our planet, we have forgotten the importance of washing our clothes upstream of where we bathe. It’s gotten so bad that earlier this week, a Chinese politician turned down 30,000 to take a swim in a river of China because of all the pollution in the water. Additionally, things are so bad in China that pigs are being hauled out by the thousands because of the toxicity of the water and the view of what the local biosphere looks like may represent the eastern part of America 100 years ago.
But, as American’s set environmental regulations became focused on protecting the American People and landscape – businesses sought locations where environmental accountability was less stringent. One of the main reasons for this is your spending habits. If you make a product following stringent environmental guidelines, it will cost more to manufacture. Additionally paying fair American wages causes items to be cost prohibitive for daily consumers who demand cheaper products. These are reasons outsourcing to places like China, where environmental regulations have become a common manufacturing practice.
However not all American Businesses follow this practice or concept of doing business in this way.
Today I want to look at Method Soap. I am providing two links today, the first one is to a story about how Method created a use for plastics disposed in the ocean. The second is a look at who Method is.
http://methodhome.com/methodology/our-story/we-are/
Question of the day: “What company’s are you spending your money on because of their environmental efforts?
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