Thoughtful Consumer Gifts

"I want to be cured of some very destructive buying habits."

"Good For You / Bad For You"

...And he calls himself the 'Green' Giant...

But is it organic?

"Stop the throw-away mentality! Save resources! A New Year every 750 days is quite enough!"

What do you mean you prefer the sound of the sign of the right?! What part of 'either way we're dead' do you not understand?

How can he sleep so comfortably knowing that pillow will someday be clogging a land fill...

"Wait—did you procure that worm humanely?"

"Wild-caught, farm-raised, lab-grown, beach-found, or aquarium-harvested."

'I'm a vegetarian.' - 'If it's so wrong to eat animals, why are they made out of meat?'

"This is locally grown and good for the environment, but it may give you greenhouse gas."

The candy house, if the tale of Hansel and Gretel would happen today.

'Excuse me - are you organic?'

"Can I get this to go in an organic, locally recycled, eco-friendly doggie bag?"

"Being vegan or vegetarian isn't enough anymore. From now on I will only cook stuff I stepped in on the sidewalk."

'Do you ever think about how we can reduce our global footprint?'

'The U.S. has less than 5% of the world's population, but consumes 25% of its natural resources. Pretty outrageous, isn't it?'

I'd like a mocha almond vanilla latte...hold the coffee.

Supermarket Aisles: 'Good for the Environment' and 'Couldn't give a flying F@$#! about the environment!'

"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation. Frankly, it beats Pandora."

Consumption Graph.

ONE MORNING WHILE GETTING DRESSED,

are you so alienated from any real form of community that you can no longer distinguish between belonging and conforming?

The Climate Change Debate Explained

The drinker.

"You might say I'm middle-of-the-road. I'd buy a fur coat but I wouldn't buy a Japanese fur coat."

'Yes, the wood on this pencil is from a renewable source.'

'Of course, I buy only organic foods... I like to be environmentally friendly.'

"And getting rarer by the day, madam!"

Horn of Plenty.

"Do you have anything with FOOD in it?"

What can I get you? Coffee? Tea? Sandwich? The mackerel mocha sounds lovely. What's in it? The usual. Chocolate. Soy milk. Mackerel. Yes, but is the mackerel farm-raised or from the sea? Ocean. Atlantic? Pacific? Indian? Arctic? Antarctic? I'm not sure. Oh. Ok ... well what's the mackerel's mercury content? Negligible, I'm sure. Ok. Was it exposed to any chlorine? Or copper sulphate? Or malathion? Was it treated with kindness? Was it read stories and sung to before bedtime? Yes. Never mind, it s

One Dollar, One Vote

"Are your chickens raised without the use of growth hormones?"

An apple a day!