Comments on: Greening the Fast Food Industry?

By: geetha701

geetha701 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:08:58 +0000

This “greenwashing” pandemic within the fast food industry is enabling restaurants like McDonald’s and Taco Bell to side-step accountability as perpetrators of our global food shortage and factory farming(the most environmentally harmful practice.)
For more information regarding current news regarding the fight to hold the fast food industry accountable for their contribution to issues of obesity and environmental degradation please check out http://valuethemeal.blogspot.com

By: greenisacolor

greenisacolor — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:03:36 +0000

Why is marijuana illegal but animal torture and obviously unhealthy-and-horrible-for-you fast food is not?
Think of it this way – you cannot get the right answers if you’re asking the wrong questions.

By: AJ Schmitz

AJ Schmitz — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:08:46 +0000

i must agree with Ginnie and Jerry. While the fast food industry is inherently (sic) unsustainable, progress in green building needs to occur. the more entities that practice green building principles, the more common and therefore more accessable to regular people. And yes, a savings is a savings. Restaurants use a great deal of energy and water. curbing that helps everyone. Would it be better if we as Americans stopped eating fast food? the answer would be the same as that to the question should we all stop driving cars or keeping the tv on all night. Yes, things should change, but if we are addicted to fast food, where better to be confronted with sustainable concepts that where our addictions are satiated?

By: Jerry Tsus

Jerry Tsus — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:15:17 +0000

I still think we should give praise where it’s due. Better building practices are good, therefore I’m happy to see KFC and McDonalds and whoever making a statement with these buildings. We can hold the rest of the battle for later on.

By: mcoc

mcoc — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:53:13 +0000

What has the bigger negative impact: McDonald’s food or its buildings? I don’t know the answer, but this makes me want to find out.
My first, gut reaction: a green roof on a McDonalds location equals lipstick on a pig. But I hope I’m wrong.

By: Ginnie

Ginnie — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:18:57 +0000

So, would you rather have them do nothing about their buildings? Perhaps a change to their business model will come, albeit slowly (there have been some positive changes driven by consumer and media pressure), but in the mean time, maybe their efforts on green building practices will raise awareness with other businesses and with consumers to do likewise. After all, one of the easiest energy fixes out there is for us to improve our energy efficiency, and what percentage of the population is making a dent in this? http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1869224,00.html