I agree that money should always be put back into maintaining the environment. Foreign companies stealing our water to grow cotton is not on. I wonder what would happen if those cotton fields went up in smoke?
All resources need to be managed properly. It's ridiculous what's going on.
Ideally, I would love to own a house that ran on solar and / or wind power, but money...
And yes, while I like having the cheaper option sometimes (out of necessity) I do like to pay a bit more to keep local businesses afloat.