Is there a line?

I was wondering, is there a line in the environmental earth-friendly people friendly world? Where do we draw the line to both help people and help the earth? I know some folks think that the primary task is to save the planet, and thus we provide a home for people, which is definitely important. But, is there a time we should be putting people before the planet?

Try this, what cost should a person pay for being environmentally friendly? If you had a choice between buying a ream of paper at say, $2, or a ream of recycled paper at $5, which one would you buy? What if the recycled paper was produced in your country, which means jobs for local folks and the cheaper paper was imported, which means money going out of the local economy?

I just wonder, don't we all draw the line every time we shop based on price? Isn't that really what's happening when someone tells me they can buy lesser quality inks and toners on-line from outside the country?

Are there Generational Gaps in Environmental Concerns

Ok, so I was doing some studies on generational differences. You know, the Greatest Generation that Ever Lived, the Gen Xers, Boomers, Busters and all those other labels we like so much!

That got me to thinking about my business. Doesn't it seem like the younger people should be really hot all over the green work we provide with cartridge cleaning and refilling? I'd have thought that the younger, more passionate (read more energetic--oops, there's my age showing!) people would be all over this.

But what I find is that really it is the older people who are excited about the potential to save the earth and save some money. Now, I wonder, why is that?