Runners World Chases Down the Green
January 2nd,
2009
2009
On the surface it might seem like running has little or no negative impact, hey it doesn’t even need a car. But Runner’s World magazine found it wasn’t necessarily so, “because running shoes aren’t so green, not today at least. Production is energy- and toxin-intensive…” They took a tour of some production facilities in China and visited many of the key American brands to get the inside scoop. Then they devoted their November 2008 issue to the topic. Some of what they found caused journalist Florence Williams to remark:
“I feel like I never want to buy anything ever again”.
We pick out a few highlights of her investigation belo…
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