The death of my green wave
I will start by admitting it: I am tired of everything being environmentally conscious.
Now, let me explain.
First of all, I am not a barbarian. I do not throw trash in the wild. I recycle. I compost. I buy ecological milk. I am a vegetarian. I take the train. I try not to print stuff unnecessarily.
But, I drive a car with a V8. I like to fly. I will never buy something solely because it has been produced in an environmentally friendly way. I will activly not support a product which markets the environmentally concious aspects ahead of the actual benefits.
Why? Because I do not believe it makes a difference. I know that I can make the world a tiny bit better by donating time and money to a worthy cause. That cause is not buying a Lexus hybrid: it is by trying to save lives. I know this sounds ambitious, but I feel that my support to the “world cause” would have more impact by me donating money to Habitat for Humanity (or such), or even by travelling to a country in need and donating my time to help build a school or hospital.
When any type of trend appears, companies naturally jump aboard to sell more of their products. I know this, and as a big fan of the free open market I must support this. But it is my choice as a consumer to decide which of these trends I will accept as an incentive to make a purchase decision. And this trend has gone too far. I see ads for products ranging from cars to furniture to clothes not describing anything but the fact that I will be “saving the world” by buying them.
I’m not buying it. I will continue to buy products best suited to my needs, and I will continue to support those in the world who need my help to survive the day. The “world cause”, the environment? If technology is given the chance, I think it will be solved.
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