“Green” entertainment book

Do you know the entertainment book?  It’s a coupon book that encourages people to buy things or try out restaurants with discount.  Now people have come out with a “green” entertainment book called the Green Zebra guide!  Examples of discount coupons include $10 off $50 or more purchase at Choice, 30% off some clothing store, and so on.  Unfortunately it feels like another gimmick to make money in the “green” field…  

I think we are better off reusing and conserving as supposed to buying new and buying cheap(er)….

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  By Dice, April 7, 2009 @ 11:22 am

  I have the Green Zebra guide and I like it. Economists say the worst thing people can do in a recession is stop spending money–consumer paranoia puts businesses under which ends up in lost jobs. I’m not starving, I haven’t been laid off, so I still shop. And if I can save money when I do that, or when I go to an organic restaurant with friends, or when I see my naturopath, why not? Their proceeds go to charity too…doesn’t seem gimmicky to me.

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  By flo, April 7, 2009 @ 1:32 pm

  Hello Dice, thanks for sharing your experience with the Green Zebra Guide. Personally, I feel that our buying culture is out of hand. I’m not sure if i agree with what the economists are saying, didn’t we get ourselves into the deep hole because we over-spent on all levels? I really don’t think we can buy ourselves out of trouble! If we need to shop for food/clothes/shoes, sure, i have no problem of using the coupons. But if the guide encourages us to buy more things that we don’t really need, then I feel there’s a problem…..

  do we really need to eat out when we can eat at home?
  do we really need to buy another organic cotton shirt when we still have presentable clothing?

  that’s what i’m not sure about….

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