Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 15, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Steven Beckham wrote: > I have been "lurking" on the LUG and really enjoying all of the > different > opinions. This has compelled me to come out in the open. I teach > economics > in college and what has sparked a lot of discussion in my classes is > the > trade offs we make in order to get a "cheap" price. Yes--we all > have a hand > in this. A good book that we have been talking about is "Cheap--The > High > Price of Discount Culture" by Sharp--out in the bookstores now. It > really > made me stop and think--and the book is even handed. You can bet I > will be > showing these images in class. > Steven Beckham > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:11 AM, George Lottermoser > <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote: > >> When I look at the labels on nearly everything available for sale >> it seems that we're all "involved in this." >> >> ignorance + greed + desire for cheap stuff = unhealthy living spells "Walmart" etc ...seems 60 minutes did a piece on this if I recall, including the spin off of severe environmental damage being done as a result, in "certain" countries, Steve >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> >> >> >> >> On Oct 15, 2009, at 9:50 AM, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: >> >> I'm not surprised! >>> I just wonder why it's taken so long for any disclosure to take >>> place. >>> I'd like to see the companies' contracts, just to see how many >>> "green" >>> entities are involved in this. >>> S.d. >>> >>> >>> On Oct 15, 2009, at 7:08 AM, George Lottermoser wrote: >>> >>> <http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/showcase-65/?ref=global-home >>> > >>>> >>>> a sad state >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> George Lottermoser >>>> george at imagist.com >>>> http://www.imagist.com >>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information