Ok...so this is the latest craze. I have to say I'm kinda annoyed about how it's going though. Our household has made lots of efforts to be more ecologically friendly and responsible (recycled paper towels, natural or organic laundry detergent, hand soap, toothpaste, personal care products and household cleaners, earthy friendly diapers and baby wipes, organic and natural foods, cloth reusable grocery bags, not using the plastic produce bags at the market, utilizing a recycling program). However, *warning I'm gonna be blunt* I don't think most people are intelligent enough to discern that lots of these supposedly "green" efforts by lots of huge companies are really just marketing. Not to mention how many people will be sucked into purchasing these wonderful "green" products but won't bother to recycle the plastic bottles they came in. (aka, the WALL of "green" Clorox products at the front door at Wal-Mart). Beleive you me, I am all for going "green" in a real genuine responsible way, not as a fad. But I guess the real question for me is... *here it comes - really blunt*: Why are most of us so willing to be so complacent and ignorant about our choices in life?
Now, I know this goes much deeper than your particular shade of "green." But really? What are we doing? I'm amazed at how upset people are about the prices of gas. Frankly I think it's wonderful (depsite the disruption to my spending money). What else is going to acutally make people take notice of the impending crisis our overuse and dependence on fossil fuel will create? Does it really not bother you to see yet another huge tract of land taken up by yet another strip mall where people can overextend their credit in yet another way? I guess what I'm getting at is where is our sense of stewardship in life? What do you think?
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First of all, I think unless your timestamp is wrong, you wake up way more alert than me.
Second, you are spot-on with the green-as-marketing angle. I think the plastic bag conspiracy was propogated by the canvas tote bag industry. Who is making the money off of those reusable canvas tote bags, anyway? What GENIUS! The store that was previously eating the cost of a $.02 plastic bag can now sell consumers armloads of brand-new $4.99 canvas bags at a fantastic markup!
I guess to some degree, even oblivious help should be appreciated.
I'm psyched to see that you have a blog! I'll have to check it out when I get back. Right now I'm hurriedly throwing stuff into laundry baskets to "pack" for our week at the beach. (Danny gets married on the beach this weekend.)
ok so I'm reading your blog too. can you tell i'm interested in what's up with you. i miss your friendship.
i think your right on and i can't wait to see what's next with the auto industry although i think they will capitalize on everyones frenzy to buy a new gas economical car as well. let's see is it cheaper to buy a new car or pay for expensive gas. we aren't making any car payments right now and if bought a new car we would be so right now it's cheaper to stay put and bunch our errands together during the morning and not in the heat of the day to use less gas. now if only i could get the kids ready and actually get out of the house to do that.
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