Talking Green
At Green and Sienna

I was talking of Green about 20 years ago
when I lived in New York City and my friends
thought that I was losing it. Why was I worrying
about these things?! Today I am glad to see that
its starting to become an important political
issue and, hopefully, the most important one
in the near future - before it is too late.
No one species is here to rule the planet forever.
That we know. But if we all make some little effort
then hopefully at least we will not have to die
from choking in our own industrial pollution.
Now look at the ripple effect of the Green.
At one end of the Green product is the consumer,
most likely already on some Green path with
organic food, filtered water and lifestyle etc...

On the other end is the worker in the
overseas furniture factory making these
products at very little wages. Even though
we make our product in Malaysia in a
factory in compliance with the labor laws
of the country, these wages are very little.
These wages not only feed him but many times
his entire family, which often includes his
parents and grand parents. Yes, by making
a product that is more Green and Green we
are reducing this workers exposure to the
toxins. But I do not think that that is
enough for us to start acting as if any
of us have achieved a so Green status.

My vision of Green in few words would be
when this factory worker and his family
have the organic to eat and sleep in too.
When goods are made in factories and
warehoused in warehouses that run by green
energy. When the finished goods move on
ships and trucks run by green energy.This is
just a drop of insight into the challenges
that lie ahead for all of us, small and big
players. So in my view its too early to
start acting soooooo Green.

For now we remain Green and Sienna.