Information related to production, keep close to it.
- Makes sense.
Information downstream from that, should follow.
- The best approach is to work from production downwards and simultaneously upwards from consumption.
Also, humanitarian impact of which destruction of our environment is a subset
- This is not true. Nature encompasses much more then just humans.
- this is arguable by philosophers. i don't think it matters. earth belongs to us to steward not destroy. if clothes are manufactured using human slavery, with no destruction to trees, or by clear-cutting the environment of a species which may yield knowledge someday, or by destroying the earth in some way we do not understand the impact to ourselves yet, it's just wrong, no matter how you slice it. God's favorite species will suffer when the earth suffers, we can all agree.
There will be impacts from R&D, manufacturing, distribution, use and refuse (sic).
- Isn't refuse a good word for any unwise disposal?