Wal-Mart and Green Design

I don't know about you, but I am the type of consumer that hates Wal-Mart. From the way their stores are a sheer abomination of architecture and never fit into a city plan, to the economic destruction that they cause to American business who cannot deliver their products at the ridiculously low prices they command; I have no reason to like them.

But....maybe, I now have one reason to like them. What Wal-Mart wants, Wal-Mart gets, (they just have that kind of power) and they recently have shown some pursuit on the area of environmentally sound products. Click here to read the Associated Press article on this topic. With their buying power and ability to demand certain things out of their producers, Wal-Mart could actually be used to help the world by putting their foot down that manufacturers maintain a certain level of sustainability - keep your fingers crossed.