Since this is something that has come up a lot in my life recently, I thought I maybe get a little insight from you guys. Okay. I have people in my life who have really jumped on the green wagon, recycling, buying the green cars (I don't even know what they're called) and installing low flush toilets, you know things of that nature, even rocking the "Love the Earth" shirt. Anyone making changes to cool with me. Every little bit helps. However. I always feel like the weird one out because I don't get it in a way. Yes, I see that it's suppose to be better for the Earth and it's a way to get people involved, but sometimes I wonder if the message gets garbled in a way. I don't understand how having a 3,000 sq foot home is better for the earth, eco or not? Does bigger usually mean more resources used? Couldn't one use the same amount of resources and build several smaller homes? How about planting more trees instead of cutting them down to make more roads or shopping centers, heck, even planting more fruit and nuts trees for not only oxygen, but food? We're always talking about starving people. More forests? Rainwater composting? Composting toilets for that humanure? Actually wearing out clothes instead of buying new ones dictated by fashion trends? Don't get me wrong. I mean it's good that people are starting to really care and want to make changes. But it does worry mean when people say being green means buying a greener car. And the whole ideal that ones needs to spend a lot of money to be green doesn't sit too well either. I could be 100% wrong on this. Maybe I just live around people who are weird. Maybe I am the weird one.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4579229.shtml This is a story about recycling - about how your best intentions to be green can be channeled into an underground sewer that flows from the United States and into the wasteland. :toetap05:.. just one of many , going green is bullshit..
Going green isn't really bullshit, it just depends on what level you do it. You can recyle, and cities can still throw it into garbage site... or you can just not *consume* and make that recyleable/trash stuff in the first place.
its still bullshit.. come on, Im like twice your age for crist sake.. :hat: recycling been around since the dawn of time, where you come off with the dont consume stuff is laughable.. This is wasteful society .. it makes no difference anymore if you toss the cans in with the regular trash. Upscale municipality waste managemet dumps trash on flat surface where its sorted by low wage workers by hand and machine.. Much like 3rd world countries ours isnt much futher apart in sorting out the trash, Americans might have some laws to protect workers unlike other countries .. the every little bit counts BS is getting old!! common sense tells you want can be reused over and over again and again so whats the point, hum?:toetap05:
like scatteredleaves was saying: green consumerism is an oxymoron. But still it's a way to get things more green. To get the consumercialisism whiped of the green, just do your own thing . There is a lot of projects going on to get the environment greener, like transition towns for example. It's putted in a nice box so it is representable. Not that i like that so much, but at least it has some really good ideas. And if it helps it helps, a little green pieces help. Honey bee creative!
I see it in 2 ways. I guess it's generally better to have sheeple jump on the bandwagon instead of not. For the people who truly understand Green. Energy conservation, water conservation, transportation infrastructure, seasonal diets, etc. They are far better knowledged than the sheeple. For them the Green Movement is just another way to shepherd the flock.
Interesting. Sorry, ran away from the internet for a bit. I get called "not green"(??) because I'm not supporting the green movement. It's get annoying because saying that I'm not doing my part by not paying very expensive green clothes, cars, homes, etc. Even more annoying is that what I can do, or what most people CAN do is look down upon, regardless of how "green" it may be, because it's not directly (financially) supporting green business.
