Green Tip of the Week 4/14/10: “We Can Make the Big Companies Change.”

Zach Gross, Head of the Student Environmental Association, believes you don’t have to be an “environmentalist” to have a positive impact on the environment. Every little action contributes to reducing our impact on the environment. For example:

• If you recycle, and lead by example, you could lead a friend to a change of heart.
• If you call out (gently) a friend who doesn’t recycle, your words may have a real effect.

We don’t have to wait for the big companies to change. When we change our mindset, we can influence big companies to change:

• Farmers say, “We’ll grow whatever the American people want.”
• When Americans stop buying high fructose corn syrup, farmers won’t grow subsidized corn with terrible additives.  It’s that simple.

Grassroots come from the bottom and move up.

The entire interview with Zach Gross can be read in “The Reluctant Environmentalist.”