http://richard.sustainablewnc.org/wp/2007/10/22/an-alter-call-for-coal/ Just another Sustainablewnc.org weblog Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://richard.sustainablewnc.org/wp/2007/10/22/an-alter-call-for-coal/#comment-55 Michelle Smith Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:50:04 +0000 http://richard.sustainablewnc.org/wp/2007/10/22/an-alter-call-for-coal/#comment-55 I don't think anything can make my blood boil like the words "corporate citizen". A corporation is an artificial construct and can not be a citizen. Only persons can be citizens. I was at the SustainableNC conference yesterday and Roberta Bowen from Duke Energy was there. I understand that corporate sustainability is complex, but I couldn't help feeling like many folks there were just in this trance -- trying to figure out how to believe that "green" can be easy, fun and profitable. It's not easy, not always fun and not always profitable. But the moral choice is clear. Thanks, Richard! I don’t think anything can make my blood boil like the words “corporate citizen”. A corporation is an artificial construct and can not be a citizen. Only persons can be citizens. I was at the SustainableNC conference yesterday and Roberta Bowen from Duke Energy was there. I understand that corporate sustainability is complex, but I couldn’t help feeling like many folks there were just in this trance — trying to figure out how to believe that “green” can be easy, fun and profitable. It’s not easy, not always fun and not always profitable. But the moral choice is clear. Thanks, Richard!

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