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Recommend Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard's manifesto Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
If you haven't yet, give this a read - https://www.amazon.com/Let-People-Surfing-Education-Businessman/dp/0143037838
If you ever get a chance, read Yvon Chouinard's (founder of Patagonia) book Let My People Go Surfing. It will give you a good insight as to how he thinks and how the company Patagonia is run.
For example, they were one of the first, if not the first company to make a daycare center within the headquarters.
The reason for the title of the book was, he couldn't expect his employees to be thinking about working on a day that had nice waves, so he created flex time and let his employees take time off to go do the things they loved.
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It's not really the nature of the beast and many companies openly acknowledge that corporate sustainability still requires a symbiosis (so to speak) with community and government. There are many that choose to ignore this, but I think you're perhaps a bit too pessimistic in regards to corporate responsibility - if you don't mind me saying. Take a look at the outdoor supplier, Patagonia, for example. The founder openly states that he would have closed up shop years ago if he put profits ahead of giving back.
"Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis."
I highly recommend the founder's book.
Let My People Go Surfing - Yvon Chouinard
Patagonia is fantastic. From them being a b-corp and the practices they put in place, they are one of the only companies out there that you can truly trust.
Give the founders book a read, it was great to read about how he accidentally started the company. Amazon
read 'Let My People Go Surfing', there are plenty of decisions that they will make as an automaker that will be like the following,
A - larger (but legal) environmental impact but higher profit margins
B - lower environmental impact but lower profit margins.
Which do you think a company with a history of literally cheating to get around environmental laws will pick..?
Patagonia is a leading outdoors company for clothing especially, such as gear for climbing, hiking, rafting, etc. They essentially created the outdoors industry back in the day. Yvon Chouinard is the founder and is a very interesting guy. His autobiographical account of starting the company is great. I'm a business person at heart and he's one of my favorites, although I have many.
I'll have to look into flax seed. I've avoided seeds + nuts almost completely but I figured the oil would be okay. I'll have to look into that. Agreed on soy - terrible.
Yeah but I think explaining yours or my regimen on eating to someone without any care for their diet is going to look at it as a lot of sacrifices. I don't particularly think it's a sacrifice either - I love my food and cooking - but it would take a lot to get someone on a different level of thinking about it. Reminds me of this quote:
"Flight is considered a disease to a bird born in a cage."
As far as the meat goes, I limited my consumption to perhaps 1/3 of what is considered a portion in the US (by restaurants, not the FDA). I don't really know weights for meat but I'd say perhaps 1/4 pound or so. Not much. GI tract didn't react much, except to drain me of a bit of energy. Compared to eating vegetables all the time for 6 months, it definitely took more energy to digest. But the clarity of mind improvement is great.
If you're interested, I highly recommend his book, he goes through exactly how and why Patagonia products and practices are the way they are. Let My People Go Surfing
I bought a pair of sandals from them years ago, and they don't show a single sign of wear.