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I call bullsh*t. That basket is a direct knock-off of baskets I collect that are made by the Wounaan people in Panama. A basket like this would sell for well over $300. As for Calvin Klein - my guess is it's all made in China. Macy's is clearly just cashing in on the green movement and it makes me ill.

http://www.guatravellers.com/basket%2030.jpg

Yeah, these products don't really strike me as especially green either, or at least not in any outstanding way.

the goblets - I concur, no idea how this could be green unless they are produced by over-worked Venitians working for a few cents an hour hand-blowing each individual glass and swimming across the Atlantic to hand-deliver them to each Macy's store.

nonstick pans - how about the buyer just suck it up and get a cast iron pan or stainless steel pans that will last forever? Inevitably, these things will have their nonstick coating chip off and what you have left are crappy pans that don't serve their intended use anymore.

eco-friendly rug - "Supporting hundreds of remote villages and farming communities, this stirring collection employs thousands of people worldwide"? Sounds like a company's tool to reign in every corner of the globe into the global market economy. Of course, they make a pittance and 98% of that price tag comes from/goes to the CK brand.

woven basket - again, how much of that $60 price tag go to Macy's/middleman? And how much are you paying--both in money and energy--to transport those baskets from the Rwandans? I'm all for helping the world, but this promotes reliance on Western buyers instead of a self-sustaining economy.

So yeah, hate to be the d-bag (in line with others, of course), but I call bullshit.