charleston carrotmob is coming. Saturday, April 11 @ Queen Street Grocery, 10am - 6pm.

Come out, shop, save the environment - and be a part of the video we are producing.

Carrotmob is a way for anyone to make a real difference with the environment by buying ordinary things in a targeted way. Carrotmob organizes people who care about the environment to use their buying power to negotiate with businesses.

Carrotmob is a network of thousands of organized consumers who buy products in order to reward businesses that are making the most socially responsible decisions. The first campaign took place in San Francisco, CA, as a large-scale, citizen-powered global initiative and has since spread to other cities around the world – arriving in Charleston April 11, 2009 @ Queen Street Grocery, 10am - 6pm

Carrotmob is a network of thousands of organized consumers who buy products in order to reward businesses that are making the most socially responsible decisions. The first campaign took place in San Francisco, CA, as a large-scale, citizen-powered global initiative and has since spread to other cities around the world – arriving in Charleston this April.

The businesses were asked to determine a percentage of their one-day sales that they were willing to reinvest in their business towards energy efficiency - through simple cost-effective retrofits such as insulation, moisture barriers, and LED lighting. The Carrotmob would show up - and the extra revenues would offset the changes.

Simply put, the business that made the greatest commitment would win, and we would mobilize hundreds of Carrotmob consumers to impact the change directly.

With past events around the country, people just simply show up and buy things that they would normally buy - like sodas, coffee, shampoo, or whatever. It's a win for the business, the patron, the environment, and the community

charleston carrotmob website