Consumer Power
I've always thought that The Greens are barking up the wrong tree. They spend all their time denoucing and wanting to ban products and activities to change behaviour.
If they were really serious about changing the world, they would just need to convince consumers to change their buying habits. Companies are in business to make a profit. To make a profit, they have to provide products people want at the right mix of price and quality.
The Greens should follow the lead of the Catholic Church, which urged New Zealand's 400,000 plus Catholics to boycott CanWest Media outlets. (Television networks TV3 and C4, plus a number of Radio Stations including MoreFM, RadioLive, and The Breeze.) If the ratings across the whole network fall, revenue will also fall. Then CanWest Media stations will think twice about showing shows that religious groups find offensive.
In the same way, if people only buy products that have less or no harm on the environment, then companies will start providing more of them.
But the Greens seem stuck in their 1960s protest mindset - ban the bomb, ban the bleach, ban dihydrogen monoxide - At least if it's in bottles.
If they were really serious about changing the world, they would just need to convince consumers to change their buying habits. Companies are in business to make a profit. To make a profit, they have to provide products people want at the right mix of price and quality.
The Greens should follow the lead of the Catholic Church, which urged New Zealand's 400,000 plus Catholics to boycott CanWest Media outlets. (Television networks TV3 and C4, plus a number of Radio Stations including MoreFM, RadioLive, and The Breeze.) If the ratings across the whole network fall, revenue will also fall. Then CanWest Media stations will think twice about showing shows that religious groups find offensive.
In the same way, if people only buy products that have less or no harm on the environment, then companies will start providing more of them.
But the Greens seem stuck in their 1960s protest mindset - ban the bomb, ban the bleach, ban dihydrogen monoxide - At least if it's in bottles.
posted by Michael at
10:07 PM
2 Comments:
One thing I do support the Greens on (I know - shocking!) is their support of cloth nappies over disposable nappies.
Not just for environmental reasons though, for cost efficiency, cuteness, health of babys bum etc...
For a lot of other stuff though, they are too hippy environmentalistic for me, and don't consider economics, reality, and human comfort/happiness.
By
Chaucey, at 8:32 AM
I'm not surprised the Greens have a nappy policy - after all, they are full of ....
By
Michael, at 8:15 PM
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