“After shopping for dozens of products in places as varied as food co-ops and convenience stores, I’ve uncovered the essential elements of a greenwashed product. Start with a gentle image of a field or a farm to suggest an ample harvest gathered by an honest, hard-working family. To that end, …
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“…researchers visited stores and calculated the ‘optimal paths’ among products, the most efficient routes necessary to acquire these items and then leave the store. They then studied how 1,000 shoppers adhered to these routes. Even allowing for customers’ lack of knowledge about the exact location of specific products, shoppers tended …
It’s Christmas morning and here at GLC HQ we’re waiting for the kids to wake up, listening to the Sufjan Stevens “Songs For Christmas” box set and wondering what we’d look like if we Elfed ourself. Merry Christmas!
GLC visitor Shelley wrote a while back and shared this story that I thought was good enough to share with all y’all… Bill, I’m groovin’ on the shopping lists, and felt moved to share this story: When I was in college, I went to a poetry reading by William Stafford, …
“Eco-shopping at the grocery store is the practice of making purchasing decisions based on the environmental impact of a product. It is about asking the question ‘Is there a more environmentally friendly alternative that would meet my needs?’ The average American throws out their weight in packaging every 30 to …
“Between the 1930-40s cars and large electric refrigerators increased the size of food shopping trips. But they couldn’t’ve done it alone without a third invention — without the shopping cart!”
“Food travels down the oesophagus at a rate of approximately 3 to 4 centimetres per second (1 to 2 inches), and the entire process takes about 5 to 6 seconds. In the stomach, food tends to hang around for a little longer and this depends on a variety of factors …
The MIT Advertising Lab thinks you’ll like my upcoming book. I happen to agree. MIT’s blog “follows the future of media and ad technologies, bridging the gap between geekdom and advertising…”
It’s Halloween, so have a listen to the original radio broadcast of War of the Worlds available at The Mercury Theatre on the Air. The hour-long MP3 is available for free. “The finest radio drama of the 1930s was The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a show featuring the acclaimed …