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Amen, tim. WalMart operates on a scale that most of us can't imagine, they are the 800 thousand pound gorilla of the retail world. Even small changes in WalMart stores have an enormous environmental impact. Just look at packaging, WalMart told Proctor and Gamble that they wanted to sell concentrated detergent so that they could fit more product on the shelf. Not only did WalMart save tons of water, plastic, and cardboard in their own stores but every other retailer that carries P&G detergents is saving resources too.

What does this mean?

You can package it "green." You can market it as "sustainability." It is still Wal-Mart.

You're saying that Wal-Mart switching to CF bulbs isn't green? Even though, due to Wal*Mart's size, it was a massive reduction in energy use?

Or that when Wal-Mart puts solar panels on their roofs they're not green?

At some point you need to analyze whether you're being objective or this has moved to a point of religious fervor. I like Target more than Wal-Mart too, but Target isn't doing much of anything for the environment and Wal*Mart is. Wal-Mart is being green. They are reducing carbon emissions. They have taken dangerous products off the shelves. They have voluntarily started working for fishing sustainability.

They may still be one ugly ass store inside, but someone at Wal-mart has their head screwed on straight. And these initiatives are "green" and "sustainable".