Posted by M Slusser | Posted in environment | Posted on 23-11-2011
Tags: beauty, carbon foot print, local, skin care
When it comes to big businesses the average Joe and Jane does not get much of a say in the way they run their companies. However there is one way we can possibly influence how they decide to market, manufacture and sell their products. How is that? With our dollar. We vote for a company each time we spend a dollar at the local grocery store, department store or online.
In terms of the impact a company has on the environment through the creation of their products at the manufacturing level as well as delivery and sale we can choose to spend our money with companies and on products that have a lower impact in terms of carbon foot print during manufacturing and delivery.
Choose companies that stand for the good of the environment. When you’re shopping for a wrinkle cream or skin care product consider all natural companies such as Aveda or Body Shop. These are two companies that are interested and stand for what happens to our environment. Also if you can shop online direct from the merchant. This means the products don’t have to be delivered to a retail outlet and while it’s still up in the air wether shopping online and paying for delivery produces a lower carbon footprint then driving around to local stores, I think it makes more sense.
An even better alternative is to shop local for skin care, beauty, food and all your other consumable products that are bought often. These products don’t make much of a journey at all to your local retailers. Consider farmers markets, craft shows as well as small online local businesses that have a web store.