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Why Buying Green Is Not Always Eco-Friendly.

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You’ve seen the ads on television, in magazines, an at the mall. “ Be more “ Eco-Friendly ” by picking up one of our 100% recycled-plastic doo-dads! Love the Earth ” by replacing your t-shirts with new designer-brand organic cotton ones! It’s about reducing, reusing, repurposing, recycling, and regifting – not shopping.

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On Environmentalism Becoming Consumerism

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Those machines use plastic coffee pods that are often labeled as being recyclable – but only if you fully wash them out, take them apart, and separate all the pieces… which we know no one is doing. These are no more green than just recycling that pile of paper. Organic cotton disposables from Huggies. Paper shredders.