Third, “economic vitality” is the component of sustainability concerned with the economic strength of a city/the world, and its role in ensuring the “regeneration of individuals, communities and ecosystems…[and] not about the accumulation of wealth or other materials”. It it primarily about the “use value”, not “exchange value” of money, in which things are valued based on their quality and not their quantity. Also, green economics is the “economics of the real world-the world of work, human needs, the Earth’s materials and how they mesh together harmoniously”. “Economic vitality” is about the people’s economy of working to create equal economic opportunities for all. As long as the poor stay poor and the oppressed stay oppressed, sustainability is not feasible. …show more content…
Whole Foods Market is “economically segregated” and geared towards the rich who can afford the high prices. This strategy of “economic segregation” keeps the poor from entering the store, simply because it is “food for the rich”. According to The Facts of Economic Segregation and Sprawl, “wealthy white American families have long maintained social distances from the ‘common people’ by withdrawing into upper-class enclaves” with grocery stores like Whole Foods Market. The “economic segregation” of the store, therefore, goes hand in hand with the “racial segregation” (the poor cannot access the location) of the store, obstructing the “opportunity structure” of the city and its efforts towards