{"id":9445,"date":"2010-11-22T13:58:36","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T19:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=9445"},"modified":"2010-11-22T13:58:36","modified_gmt":"2010-11-22T19:58:36","slug":"green-challenge-bolder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/green-challenge-bolder\/","title":{"rendered":"sustainablog Approved: Take a Green Challenge with Bolder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As you might imagine, we have a lot of debates among ourselves within the green movement… some in public, others behind the scenes (and, yes, often over beer). The topic of green products tends to come up a lot these days, and it’s one that can lead to some heated discussion… isn’t the recent focus on “buy green” ultimately unsustainable? Aren’t we just pushing a form of consumerism? Or is this the best way to connect with a wide range of people within a consumer culture?<\/p>\n
Tough questions… and sometimes tough insights into our own activism as we watch the growth of green consumption. You’ve got to wonder if we’re teaching people that all they have to do is buy right…<\/p>\n
Enter Bolder<\/a>, a new site that puts a different spin on the notion of buying green. Rather than promoting the purchase of green products as environmental actions in and of themselves, Bolder presents its user with action challenges: donate used clothing<\/a>, eat an organic breakfast<\/a>, and pick up litter in your neighborhood<\/a> are all currently listed. Show you completed the action (with words and\/or photos), and the company sponsoring that challenge will give you a discount. The idea isn’t so much to get people to buy green… but to take a positive action, and receive a product-based reward for doing it.<\/p>\n