It is a lot easier to change one's own lifestyle, than to take on corporate/political systems. I avoid nearly all food processed and packaged not just for boycott, and health, reasons but also to avoid the waste inherent in this type of food/drink. I rarely shop in box stores because I try to avoid adding to corporate coffers and because I dont want to lose the luxury of choice; and I shop locally not only for those reasons but to maintain my local economy, because what consuming IS necessary is on a much more human, and sustainable, level. I don't use any cleaning products, other than vinegar, and garden organically, for health reasons...mine and the planet's. I limit my use of plastic as much as possible, and that of gasoline...and water...and electricity...because of the expense...to me and to the planet. I heat with wood, sold to me by a guy who plants trees in clearcut areas in trade for the wood in the slash piles left behind. If I did any of this in hopes of making a difference to the corporate world I'd soon give up in dispair...doing these things enhances MY quality of life. And because this life style does save me some money, like SRS I spend that money instead on donations to environmental causes. All a drop in the bucket, I know, but it makes me feel better.