tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16953459.post7553548594779828412..comments2023-03-14T21:42:38.813+08:00Comments on Zero waste: Holiday gifts: Aim for Zero Waste and do it the environmentally friendly wayEnviromanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944348237249397786noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16953459.post-48586367126536448862007-11-05T02:59:00.000+08:002007-11-05T02:59:00.000+08:00Dear Editor,Thanks for leaving a comment, especial...Dear Editor,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for leaving a comment, especially a very relevant one and one which reinforces what I am trying to put across - aiming for ZERO WASTE. Our now fragile Spaceship Earth no longer can afford that. Thanks especially as it is from someone worming for a brick and mortar retailer. <BR/><BR/>Maybe you should be thinking of getting into this online retailing either on your own or for someone. Maybe you can even try to sell your current employer on that. Maybe if you can convince them, they may even put you as head of that division. <BR/><BR/>Hopefully you have expertise in that area. If not, do some researching and get people who can help you get it off the ground.<BR/><BR/>Hey it is a good idea. Keep the brick and mortar retailing outlet and start an online division. Even if initially that division don't bring as much income as one may want (sometimes something needs time to build), it can bring publicity to the retailing outlet.<BR/><BR/>Peter a.k.a. enviroman<BR/><A HREF="http://enviromansays.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Enviroman Says</A><BR/>(floods in England, polar ice and ice caps at moutain peaks melting, I think more severe and frequent hurricanes in US, rain when it is supposed to be a dry season in my country, someone from Queensland recently contacted me if I noticed the weather changing. I replied when I was young I had to sleep under the blanket, but now I sleep topless. If I remembered, he said it is freezing in tropical Queensland and now he has to sleep under a blanket. Please folks, take good care of our one and only Spaceship Earth which have no lifeboat. It may not affect us severely now, but it has every chance of severely affecting our future generations. Then they will have lots to be "thankful to us)Enviromanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00944348237249397786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16953459.post-49745566395333558102007-11-04T23:50:00.000+08:002007-11-04T23:50:00.000+08:00I agree with you on every count here! I'd much rat...I agree with you on every count here! I'd much rather shop online in the comfort of my own home, than risk the Hight Street (and I work for a retailer!).<BR/><BR/>Your other point about aiming for zero waste is really important. Taking time to think about gifts, and perhaps not therefore shopping at the last minute, is the best way to ensure you are sending something really worthwhile that the recipient is going to really love and enjoy!<BR/><BR/>Of course, a great alternative is to send something from one of the charities. I got a goat from Oxfam Unwrapped last year. Or, more precisely, someone who needed it got a goat, and I got a fridge magnet and the knowledge that that was one gift that was truly appreciated!Helen Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089904175567829409noreply@blogger.com