You have heard of E-Commerce, how about Eco-Commerce?

I was reading EnvironmentalGraffiti where they discussed Green Credit Cards and I had the thought that while we as individuals need to make every effort we can, it is the big corporations that have the most impact on the world.

How will big companies change their behavior? Obviously government regulations are not impacting them a great deal – they spend so much on lobbying and lawyers that even when they are caught and fined, they stonewall paying up, and when they do the fine is so small in comparison to their savings from their dirty practices that they see it as a practical trade-off rather than do the right thing.

Publicity isn’t that effective, just look at the famous oil spills, did they hurt the big oil profits in the long run? No, didn’t think so.

The only way we as consumers can make companies change their ways is to hit them directly where it really hurts; their bank balance. That means taking our trade to ethical, environmentally sound alternatives.

Of course, the problem is, finding out which those are, and in these tough economic times, making sure they do not cost too much of a premium.

Anyone have any ideas for the solution?