this morning in lieu of class, we went to listen to catherine reeves, head of environmental management operations for xerox, speak about environmental sustainability. she said some really great things and has had great results in implementing environmentally-beneficial procedures for the company, however, she started her presentation off by explaining what sustainability is and why the world isn't sustainable. she described how over 2/3 of the world's population lives on less than $4 a day. and how if everyone lived according to first world standards, we would need three planet earths to sustain it.
it caught my attention. i've heard the statistics before, but it hit me harder today. these companies are trying to achieve environmental sustainability, but what are they doing for the people who literally live off of $4 a day? i'm just not sure i buy into this corporate fad of sustaining the environment for the sake of a profit. if i take a job for one of these organizations, am i a hypocrite?
am i a hypocrite anyway?
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nope, you're not.
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