And last time they had earth day shirts, they were only worn for one day.
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Apple Stores Celebrate Earth Day With Green Logos and Staff T-Shirts
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Green apples make you feel ill.
In honor of Earth Day next Friday, April 22, Apple has updated the logos of over one hundred of its retail stores with green leaf accents in countries around the world, and provided retail employees with matching green t-shirts to wear. Apple is also promoting stores that run on 100% renewable energy with new signage.
Many customers have shared pictures of the green-leafed Apple logos on Instagram and Twitter at stores in the United States, Australia, Belgium, China, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Spain, United Kingdom, and other countries. Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts also tweeted some photos of the new green t-shirts.
Apple Store logos are typically illuminated green on Earth Day itself, but Apple is kicking off its support one week earlier this year on the same day it switches from plastic bags to paper bags. Apple has advised staff members to ensure that supplies of any remaining plastic bags are depleted before switching to paper bags.
Apple has heavily emphasized its environmental responsibility over the past month. At its iPhone SE event last month, Apple environmental chief Lisa Jackson said the company's goal is to "become 100% renewable in 100% of our operations worldwide," including all of its corporate offices, retail stores, and data centers.
Yesterday, Apple launched an "Apps for Earth" promotion in support of the World Wildlife Fund and released its annual environmental responsibility progress report [PDF] covering the 2015 fiscal year. Notably, Apple's recycling initiatives have allowed it to recover over $50 million in gold, copper, and other metals.
Update: While some have suggested that the new seasonal green t-shirts may go against the idea of environmental friendliness, a retail employee informed us that Apple has supplied team members with multiple shirts that will be used for the "foreseeable future." The employee also said that Apple recycles t-shirts each time it changes colors, while some take their old t-shirts home for personal use.
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Green shirts make you look like a dork.
Without t-shirts, the stores' heating cost would go through the roof.
Still a PR stunt. How many fossils were burned producing and transporting those shirts so that eco-green hipsters can feel good about themselves when shopping at an Apple store?
Really?? That's how it works. They can't just run an extension cord for a thousand miles from where the green energy is generated from. They pay to produce the green energy and it goes into the grid. It doesn't really matter where the exact electrons they are using come from.
But something that gets people talking and helps get a message out. Kind of like advertising in order to increase sales and thus make more money is a stunt too since you have to spend money no it while you are working toward making more money, and yet advertising is an accepted good way of trying to make more money (despite spending money on it).
When I was a child and asked my parents questions, sometimes the instructed me to look up the answer for myself.
I learned a lot that way.
You asked me for proof, I merely mentioned that you should look it up - it's easy.
You do not believe that the earth started out hot? Oh, OK. It started out ice covered and began warming.
In both instances, the planet cooled without mankind's input (example 1) or warmed without mankind's input (example 2).
Earth Day, like man made global warming/cooling/climate change is a sham.
Thanks for the "Parenting", but "Fiery Ball" sounds more like an STD than anything else. Perhaps that's an adequate explanation for you, but it's a very simplistic one. I'm well versed in planetary formation, but that would be a "Scientific" approach, which you appear to eschew.
Of course the planet was hotter as it formed, was the earth supporting 7 billion humans then? And what has that got to do with the climate today, unless you live next to a geyser or a volcano?
With engineering, almost anything is possible. Have you noticed that there has been a worldwide decline in computer purchasing? Anyway, there's nothing wrong with my 2012 Mini's case and PSU. What if we could get the guts swapped-out? Bam! I just saved the earth by saving a chunk of aluminum.
Got a 2010 Dual Xeon 3.46 lying around? Bam! I'll buy it. It's already been made and I'll get a lot of utility out of it, provided it wasn't abused. (i.e., I can't buy a disposable, green-washed thin-book with one USB port that has no use beyond internet and rather gentle typing.) I need something with GB Ethernet, Thunderbolt, and 32GB of RAM; a computer that won't throttle or overheat just because I'm telling it to perform some DSP or render an edit. An iMac won't last. A Mac Pro is really quite expensive for a 2013 machine. We'll see what happens in June, I suppose...
Now, now - the Knit-cap wearing, prius driving hippies dont want to be bothered with such stuff. Like how their electric ars get charged, where their shirts are made, how much waste is generated by some of their behavior. Nope, Doesnt apply.
Just like when the limousine lefties show up at the Kyoto conference in private jets and stretch limos. Its COMICAL.
Now, now - the Knit-cap wearing, prius driving hippies dont want to be bothered with such stuff. Like how their electric ars get charged, where their shirts are made, how much waste is generated by some of their behavior. Nope, Doesnt apply.
Just like when the limousine lefties show up at the Kyoto conference in private jets and stretch limos. Its COMICAL.
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Over 10 years ago Al Gore stated that the earth, and all life upon it, had only had 10 more years IF WE did not make DRASTIC changes (I.e. raise taxes). In 1988's Ted Danson stated that the oceans would be dead in 10 years, and when the oceans are dead, we will be, too"
10 years have come and gone. And gone again.
Even YOU are still here (with an STD?)!
The earth can support 10 times as many people as it supports now - the only starvation comes from socialist governments. Your vision of the future is improper. All of the 'science' YOU believe is nonsense.
Please be analytical in the future, you respond to forum postings as if you are a fool - and I'm certain your are not...
Yeah, both those guys known for their scientific acumen.
Real science is just that, not alarmist claptrap. If you hate science so much, why don't you just abandon all the things you're currently using that are a result of it? I mean they can't actually be working according to you anyway, it's just being faked via government conspiracy. I'm sure you can get someone to post a photo of your cuneiform tablet responses.
If you're good with warmer, more acidic oceans, hey good for you, but it won't be pleasant with 70 Billion mouths to feed, some of them might be "Socialists". I guess you're blaming it on Sweden in any event.
Oh, and hopefully your condition isn't antibiotic resistant, although since those are a result of science, you might just want to consult a Witch Doctor instead, you can always trust a man of faith.