It may also be politically correct but it won’t be easy.
From organic fanny packs to 'pure' trash, Democrat planners will face a logistical nightmare!
Consider the fanny packs.
The host committee for the Democratic National Convention wanted 15,000 fanny packs for volunteers. But they had to be made of organic cotton. By unionized labor. In the USA.
Official merchandiser Bob DeMasse scoured the country. His weary conclusion: "That just doesn't exist."
It was the same with baseball caps. They found caps with USA union labels but none were organic.
Much of the hand-wringing can be blamed on Denver's Democratic mayor, John Hickenlooper (upper picture), who challenged his party and his city to "make this the greenest convention in the history of the planet."
Convention organizers hired the first-ever Director of Greening, longtime environmental activist Andrea Robinson. Her response to the mayor's challenge: "That terrifies me!"
Andrea Robinson hired an Official Carbon Adviser, who will measure the greenhouse-gas emissions of every placard, every plane trip, every appetizer prepared and every coffee cup tossed.
She also aims to reuse, recycle or compost at least 85% of all waste generated during the convention.
To test whether celebratory balloons advertised as biodegradable actually will decompose, Ms. Robinson buried samples in a steaming compost heap.
Catering guidelines specify no fried food. And, on the theory that nutritious food is more vibrant, each meal should include "at least three of the following colors: red, green, yellow, blue/purple, and white." (Garnishes don't count.)
The lower picture shows a Wisconsin delegate eating a cheeseburger at the 2004 Democratic convention in Boston.
He won’t find one at the Denver convention unless he leaves the Pepsi Center and looks up a bistro in LoDo (lower downtown Denver).
At least 70% of ingredients should be organic or grown locally, to minimize emissions from fuel burned during transportation.
Thanks to mayor Hickenlooper the whole affair will indeed be a nightmare and promises to be fodder for pundits who will say that the potential convention disaster will be a preview of a nation led by anyone emerging from the “greenest show on earth.”
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