Comments on: Why I No Longer Support The Sierra Club.

By: david

david — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:00:12 +0000

But why can’t they support companies that do the right thing, instead of companies just trying to cash in? There are plenty of products that are 100% natural, and Clorox products are not. It’s a shame they took money from a company making toxic products and not having an issue with it.

By: dee

dee — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:01:32 +0000

While agreeing that promotion of the smaller brands’ green products would be a v good move, to play devil’s advocate for a minute – encouraging major corps to distribute green products is also useful. If 20M people buy a green Clorox product because of name recognition and ‘ok, all things being equal why not pick up the green option’, this is not bad for the environment. If Clorox makes more bucks from its green product it will produce it and promote it more. (This is leaving aside all questions of what’s really in the product, etc.) Mother Theresa used to be criticized for taking money from known criminals and she said “I’ll take money from anybody and use it to do God’s work.” There’s some irony in taking a major corp’s bucks and using them for good. So I wouldn’t necessarily fault Sierra for taking the money. I would fault them if they lent their name to a specious product.

By: David

David — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:01:19 +0000

Did you check out the other post I linked to about them supporting Clorox in exchange for money?

There are plenty of orgs that deserve my money, and unfortunately Sierra Club is not one of them anymore.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:13:21 +0000

While I agree the waste is absurd, let’s remember that the Sierra Club has probably done the most in pushing green legislation in the last few years the any other organization. Something to remember before you pick them apart. Look at the big picture and net effect.

Thanks.