My sister-in-law just pointed out Starbucks’ newest green initiative, in partnership with Global Green. I would probably take them more seriously if their paper carriers—just flip them over to see—weren’t printed in China and assembled in Indonesia. Feh, don’t even get me started.
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Imperatrix said,
April 9, 2007 at 10:55 am
Hello! I just found your blog and am really enjoying it!
Back when they started out, I loved to go to Starbucks. I was supporting a business started by innovative grads of the school we were at at the time — woo hoo!
But now, I avoid them like the plague. We’ve got a nice independent coffee shop in our neighborhood that only uses fair trade coffees and teas, and *that’s* where I spend my beverage dollars.
green LA girl » Starbucks’ new game steers treehugger to Trump’s show said,
April 10, 2007 at 1:12 am
[...] There’s some weird irony to the fact that Starbucks is sending would-be enviros to Trumpland. As The Worsted Witch points out, Starbucks’ paper carriers are made in China and printed in Indonesia. That’s some very un-eco travel for ya…. I’d like Starbucks to take its own green travel advice – [...]