Green consumerism

How green are Newburyport consumers?

That is, not how green are their lifestyles but how green are their spending habits? How green are our spending habits?

Let's look at five sample products: compact fluorescent light bulbs, organic baby food and formula, organic milk, extended life paper products, and concentrated/reduced-packaging liquid laundry detergents.

I can't think of a Newburyport retailer that sells all five. K-Mart doesn't sell organic milk for sure, let alone organic baby food. Do Market Basket or Shaws?

Wal-Mart, once the mark of all things capitalistic, sells all five categories and according to a April 21 press release about their Live Better Index, nationwide green consumerism increased 66 percent in just one year.

How can we track this locally? For those who rally against chain stores, are there "buy local" statistics that can be correlated against the domestic Wal-Mart average?

Vectored via Green Daily