Green Options » SunChips http://greenoptions.com/tag/sunchips Posts tagged 'SunChips' Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:48:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Inspiring Change One Person at a Time http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/07/03/inspiring-change-one-person-at-a-time/ http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/07/03/inspiring-change-one-person-at-a-time/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:48:45 +0000 Heidi Tolliver-Nigro http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/07/03/inspiring-change-one-person-at-a-time/ Sometimes we think we have to change governments and corporations in order to see environmental change, but change is just as powerful when it happens one person at a time. And sometimes it’s easier to do. 

About a month ago, I made two posts about the environmental efforts of SunChips, a snack food company. I had become excited when I discovered, quite by accident, that one of my favorite chips was packaged by a company with a deep environmental commitment. It’s always nice when you discover something that you love anyway has a secondary environmental benefit. Makes me feel better about eating junk food. 

Yesterday, I ran into a guy who was eating a bag of them. I joked, “Hey, did you know that SunChips’ packaging is one-third compostable?”

He immediately perked up. “Really? I didn’t know that. Cool!” 

Then he added thoughtfully. “I enjoy using the environment. But I don’t know much about saving it. I drive a diesel truck.” 

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