Holidays and positive uses of money
Many of us are trying to make the world a better place. Some of us inspired economics-focused folks would say that the best way to do that is to drive money into the sustainable marketplace: provide an organic carrot for businesses, and they will drive their operations towards it.
Many of us seem to also be living paycheck to paycheck, and the idea of Voting With Your Dollars seems a faraway and unrealistic notion. But perhaps a place we can look for inspiration is holiday spending. Check out the infographic below from our friends at Baines & Ernst. Are you about to spend some money on one of these upcoming holidays that could be driven toward more sustainable options? Organic fair trade Valentines chocolates for your partner, for instance? Or maybe an organic garden box for mom?
About the Author
Scott Cooney Scott Cooney (twitter: scottcooney) is an adjunct professor Sustainability in the MBA program at the University of Hawai'i, green business startup coach, author of Build a Green Small Business: Profitable Ways to Become an Ecopreneur (McGraw-Hill), and developer of the sustainability board game GBO Hawai'i. As a serial eco-entrepreneur who has started, grown and sold multiple green businesses, Scott believes that capitalism, true capitalism, can be a powerful force for change, but that our current version of capitalism is severely hampered by perverse subsidies and negative externalities that make unsustainable products less expensive than healthier alternatives. Scott is a vegetarian, an avid cyclist, and an organic gardener. Find Scott on Google Plus
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