December 15, 2006

Club Of Pioneers: Local vs Exotic

by Piers Fawkes

200612151637We’ve been asked to write for the ‘Club Of Pioneers’ - a green awareness site that is sponsored by BMW. In our first post, I write about the conflict we have in our minds about local goods and exotic ones. It’s a reaction to a couple of bottles of Tasmanian Rain sent to us. Sure, we’d love to drink the purest water in the world but then again, do we want to bring it 10,000 miles in order to reach our lips?

COP: Local vs. Exotic

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Article categories: Environmental, Ethical Consumerism, Food & Drink, Transport & Travel

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2 Responses to “Club Of Pioneers: Local vs Exotic”

  1. ross
    Posted from: 64.132.56.2

    December 15th, 2006 at 6:19 pm

    Couldn’t agree with your stance more. Good to see you still support green living, what happened to eco.psfk?

  2. Quick Quiz: Which Bottled Water has a bigger Carbon Footprint?
    Posted from: 64.13.192.30

    July 20th, 2007 at 4:18 pm

    [...] Marketing website PSFK asked what we thought of this bottled Tasmanian rainwater being shipped all over the world. No peeking at the answer below the fold, we are watching. [...]

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