Name Recitation Number Discussion Prep Two The Price of Green Consumerism This exercise is adapted from pg 45 of your text book Discussion Prep 2 is due in your recitation the week of September 12 th Directions Go to your local supermarket or grocery store and pick out four or five different types of products These may be food items cleaners paper products etc Write the prices the table below Next find a green alternative to each of these products This may be an organically grown fruit or vegetable a free range meat item locally grown produce green or eco friendly products or products made from recycled or recovered materials Write the prices of these green alternatives below as well For each item calculate the price difference per unit where appropriate between the green items and the conventional ones Finally calculate the percent increase in the cost difference in cost conventional product price 100 Conventional Product Name 1 2 3 4 5 Questions Conventional Product Price Green alternative product name Green alternative product price Difference in cost Percent increase or decrease in cost 2 1 If you bought all these green alternatives instead of the conventional products what would be your average percentage increase in cost 2 The average American family spends 8 500 a year on groceries Assuming that the percentage increase you wrote in question one is typical and assuming that all conventional groceries have green alternatives how much more would the average American family have to spend on groceries each year if they only bought green alternatives 3 What is the perceived benefit from attached to this extra cost 4 Why are green alternatives more expensive to produce 5 Where does the extra money that is spent on each product go How would you know Where could you go to find out
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