Monday, September 03, 2007
Have people been too obsess in “going green”? Have we been “going green” just because it is the “hip” thing to do? Well, the author of this article certainly feels so.She realized that “green” items, which are items that are made of natural materials to cut down on the use of plastics or items to help one cut down on waste, are becoming ridiculously expensive. For example, it costs $2000 for a clutch bag with wooden beads. To the author, people nowadays starts going green because they realize that their friends are starting to eat organic food, carrying recycled material bags. How many people actually are willing to spend money to have the desire to save Earth and not to keep up with the fashion?Although the author thinks that it is not very good to spend so much to go green only to want to keep up with the fashion, it is better than those who are not doing anything. She believes that rather than spending so much, it might be better to actually return to the conventional of saving Earth, in other words, stop wasting electricity, increasing gas mileage, cut down on items with a lot of packaging.This is important to those who are constantly spending money to keep with the fashion of going green. It will allow them to reflect on the real need of spending so much and finding out that they can actually possibly help Earth more through practical and costless efforts. To the designers of those ridiculous expensive items, they should also reflect on the real intention of making such an expensive item, is it really to save Earth, or to fill one’s own pocket?To the general public, this is not too big a problem. If one does not have the means to spend so much on purchasing “green” items, all they can do is to be responsible in their homes and try as best to help reduce the amount of damage on Earth. For those who have got more money, it would be great if they are still willing to spend the money to save Earth and at the same time not neglect the things they can continue to do at home. To the environmentalists, this is a win-win situation as no matter if people spend or do not spend money, they will be informed and hopefully learn to save the Earth they live in.I personally am not obsessed with going green but I try as best to do my part. I try to turn off lights in the room when there is no one in, or cut down on the amount of air-conditioning I use. However, I do know that there is a limit to how much I can do, so I hope that anyone that reads my blog can learn from the author. It might be difficult but after some time, it would become one’s second nature and it would feel much easier to save Earth.
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