Starbucks could do better….
So Starbucks is participating in Earth Day… it would be a serious PUBLIC mistake if they didn’t. Here is their statement:
In case you can’t read that it says:
“In celebration of Earth Day, On April 22nd, for every purchase made with a Starbucks Card, Starbucks will donate 5 cents to Conservation International. Every $10 donated equals 10 trees planted in Chiapas, Mexico.”
Ok- so that’s great and all…but you are freaking STARBUCKS! Come on- make a REAL difference man!
How about you (yes you Starbucks mecca) not use a single paper cup, paper sleeve, or plastic lid for the whole day?
Imagine it…..
That’s right….no paper for the whole day. The only coffee being served at Starbucks for the whole day has to be served in a real bonafide cup. They could even encourage you to bring in your own. Ceramic, glass, stainless. How cool would that be? I’ll tell you…it would be freaking awesome. Their “forward - thinking - earth - loving c.e.o.s” would look like bright green saints as soccer mom’s weep at their feet shouting jubilant praises of fancy coffee justification… “see, I KNEW Starbucks was PERFECT! I want MORE.” The media would eat. it. up. cha-ching. (what is a little earth exploitation if it actually does some good?)
It seems kind of win-win to me…. Starbucks saves money on paper goods for the whole day… around the world (as in Earth- get it Earth…Earth Day) and they make a statement about their concerns on contributing to our constantly growing waste problems. That statement being, “We are Starbucks… and we freakin’ care man.”
If they really REALLY REALLY care- they would donate all the money saved from the non-paper use and give THAT money to Conservation International… but that is going way too far… maybe some day Starbucks. I still love you.
They should hire me…I am a friggin’ GENIUS.
Unfortunately- Nick thinks my whole idea is stupid and this post is a waste of time. He says it is unrealistic and would never work. Starbucks wouldn’t turn people away who didn’t have their own cup and wouldn’t have a way to wash all the real cups that they would have to rent…. but I also have to think of rainbows and unicorns to get back to sleep when I have a bad dream…. I never said my thoughts were realistic or that they always made sense. Lighten up man…this is a blog. I just want people to think a little.
