Issue 1 July 2010

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Words ofwisdom, adviceand, experience....

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Marc Joseph is a local businessman in Palm Springs, owner of Secret Back Room, co-host of The Desert 411 Talks,

and co-producer of Cinema Fondue.

When we purchase a pair of pants from a local independent shop, made in the United States by a local small company, we put revenue in the hands of hard-working shop owners in our own neighborhood, nurturing and neighborhood, nurturing and supporting artists and manufacturing in our own backyard.

Where have our jobs gone, and who is responsible for this? It’s easy to blame faceless entities like government and big corporations. Reality says each one of us making Reality says each one of us making small every day buying decisions have whittled away our prosperity and our sense of community. We have the power to be ethical consumers. Let’s be wise with the small choices we make.

When we purchase a pair of pants made in China, from a multi-national big-box retailer, we may be contributing to harsh child-labor conditions, with the use of toxic chemicals poured into groundwater. poured into groundwater. Revenue from our purchase goes overseas, perhaps into the hands of governments who are hostile to the United States

The world has become a global economy, with our buying decisions having impact on each other, and on others across the world. The wisest choices we can make are to support our local independent businesses, local independent businesses, keeping our prosperity within our own community, and building our network of friends and neighbors.

• Shop Locally• Buy American• Recycle• Eat Organically• Reduce Meat Consumption• Xeriscape•• Drive Less

Given economic conditions around the world, particularly here in our own community, we have to make an effort to recognize how our every day consumer choices have consequences. consequences.

“The Ethical Consumer”will explore what we each can do to be responsible consumers.

The Ethical ConsumerBy Marc Joseph

www.marcjoseph.com