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 Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 5:39 pm
Everywhere people are talking about being green. I recently got a Seventeen magazine and it was a "green issue." At the bottom of almost every page there was a little tip for being greener. There were articles about being green.
So, has being green become trendy? I see organic shopping bags and purses that have recycling messages on them. I saw a shirt the other day that said, "Don't be trashy, recycle." A lot of these things don't go to anything useful that helps the environment. Has it become a brainwashing, money making gimmick?
What is your opinion?
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 9:27 pm
Eh, I'm mixed on the subject.
I mean, yeah, it's pretty clear that the whole concept of being "green" is a trend, I just don't know whether I should like it or not.
Trends are always shortlived, frivolous, silly, to get involved in a trend is typically done for the sake of just fitting in.
And here they are trying to make caring for your environment a trend, it's not too swell of an idea.
So what happens a few years from now? Do they all just find something else and move on? Do they abandon their noble cause after only just installing a few energy efficient appliances and buying that hybrid Tahoe even though it was completely unnecessary.
The way these corporations treat it all, I don't like it one bit. Of course, corporations, they just try to make money off of you.
I shouldn't complain, so long as people are being slightly more appreciative towards the environment, I just wish that it would all be more permanent and more serious than sporting the latest fashion accessory that so happens to also be made out of recycled materials.
Funny thing is, I was one of those people at one time, I will admit it. It looked like such a fun bandwagon to hop on board, so different than the others.
But now, no thanks, I prefer to stay ahead of the lumbering bandwagon.
I still sport my organic jeans, but I also navy shower.
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Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 11:48 pm
Yes, I'm definately seeing a lot more support for the environment recently. At first I thought it was just because I live in a very environmentally conscious area, but later I realized that national publications were getting more and more focused on the environment also. Like Wombat, I also have concerns about the length of its duration, but at least for now people are starting to become more aware. Perhaps after this, there will still be a much larger body of people who support environmental protection, even if the whole movement is short-lived. At least it will open people's eyes, right? biggrin
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 6:23 pm
I was scared that it was just a phase with me. It kind of went away and came back and stuck with me. I'm glad it did, because it makes me happy to know that I care about something.
I'm glad people are aware of it. It's really the first step I guess.
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Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:18 pm
In my area, people aren't nearly as environmentally conscience. The trend still lives on but it's just that to people--the latest fashion. I am extremely glad that the message is going out, but the method it's getting out is perhaps not the best. Some people do sport the outfits and such and as a result they get eyes rolled at them. People associate environmentalists immediatly as hippies, which causes people to pointedly show that they are against them. In order to truly create change, everyone needs to take some small steps. But with this boundary growing between the classification of "normal" and "environmentalist" the first steps become harder to take. So like many of you, I can't make a full decision on whether this trend is good or bad. I think, like many other things, it has a clear argument for both sides.
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Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:01 pm
Now that I've been in Taiwan for a couple weeks, I've noticed even here they're starting to become aware of our environmental problems. =) You'd think that in industrial areas of Asia they still haven't gotten to that point yet - China is the world's top country in amount of CO2 emissions - but there are a lot more ads, articles, etc. about the environment now than the last time I came back here two years ago.
I still say this green "fad," if it is a fad, is still beneficial. I'd hate to see it just come and fade like any other fad, but it's good while it lasts, and hopefully some people will still be conscentious of their actions.
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