2008 Woodie Awards
Global Warming Activists Promote Ironic Sales
Leather goods that further worsen environmental conditions
Paige Nordeen
Issue date: 2/27/07 Section: Opinion
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For many, promoting the cause to help stop global warming while simultaneously harming the environment may seem to be a bit ironic.
However, the promoters for www.stopglobalwarming.org apparently have a different take on it. When browsing their website, an option to purchase promotional items can be found. Products such as sweatshirts, handbags, pants and watches are available to the public.
Among the various items, there is an entire collection of leather-made goods. Wait minute, leather? That's right folks; our friends over at www.StopGlobalWarming.org are throwing us all for a spin.
Oil and water is what came to mind when viewing the leather wristband, which reads, "STOP GLOBAL WARMING". We'll take a step back here and look at the process taken to create these promotional leather items.
First, massive amounts of cows are needed in order for leather to be produced. This would call for the use of factory farms. Keep in mind; the slaughtering of cows is something, which helps us create items for the fashionable consumer. Way to go guys!
We won't stop there. Factory farming has shown to be a leading contributor to our current global situation.
Jennifer M. Fitzenberger, reporter for the Fresno Bee, was quoted in www.Peta.org regarding a study finding "that a single dairy cow 'emits 19.3 pounds of volatile organic compounds per year, making dairies the largest source of the smog-making gas, surpassing trucks and passenger cars.'"
Keeping these cows huddled together in factory farms throughout the world contributes to releasing mass amounts of methane gas per day. Wouldn't you think the leaders over at Stop Global Warming might have considered this before releasing leather bracelets onto the market?
In addition to methane gas, we also have other conditions and contributions to consider. Factory farms require fuel for trucks, electricity, water, land use, and production of grains.
Doris Schubert, writer for the Leather Processing Industry, found that most leather contains chromium.
However, the promoters for www.stopglobalwarming.org apparently have a different take on it. When browsing their website, an option to purchase promotional items can be found. Products such as sweatshirts, handbags, pants and watches are available to the public.
Among the various items, there is an entire collection of leather-made goods. Wait minute, leather? That's right folks; our friends over at www.StopGlobalWarming.org are throwing us all for a spin.
Oil and water is what came to mind when viewing the leather wristband, which reads, "STOP GLOBAL WARMING". We'll take a step back here and look at the process taken to create these promotional leather items.
First, massive amounts of cows are needed in order for leather to be produced. This would call for the use of factory farms. Keep in mind; the slaughtering of cows is something, which helps us create items for the fashionable consumer. Way to go guys!
We won't stop there. Factory farming has shown to be a leading contributor to our current global situation.
Jennifer M. Fitzenberger, reporter for the Fresno Bee, was quoted in www.Peta.org regarding a study finding "that a single dairy cow 'emits 19.3 pounds of volatile organic compounds per year, making dairies the largest source of the smog-making gas, surpassing trucks and passenger cars.'"
Keeping these cows huddled together in factory farms throughout the world contributes to releasing mass amounts of methane gas per day. Wouldn't you think the leaders over at Stop Global Warming might have considered this before releasing leather bracelets onto the market?
In addition to methane gas, we also have other conditions and contributions to consider. Factory farms require fuel for trucks, electricity, water, land use, and production of grains.
Doris Schubert, writer for the Leather Processing Industry, found that most leather contains chromium.
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Anonymous
posted 3/15/07 @ 10:42 PM PST
jake the lee
posted 11/19/07 @ 11:15 AM PST
thank you.
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