Green Capitalism: Today’s Big Mama Hope Quandary
Making “baby steps” is a phrase sometimes used by the “light green” movement in defence of green capitalism and consumerism. But if we’re still continuously consuming, will that be enough to make a difference? Or is the marketing of consumption, even green consumption, ultimately still a part of the end?
I am human. -or- Earth Day ate my baby bouncer!
…Having just written a well-researched piece on “The Three R’s” of green living, I was of course beholden to my mantra to avoid buying new wherever possible. This means not rushing off to a big box store every time you have a new idea for a gadget. “But I want it now!” said my pioneering shopping spirit. Once it gets hold of an idea it is like hell on wheels…
The Origins of “Reduce, Reuse, Recyle”
We’ve all heard the phrase “Reduce, Reuse, Recyle,” and seen the pretty logo with the three green arrows that represents the triad. But how many of us really follow any but the Third “R” — recycling our trash and sleeping soundly thinking we’ve done our part?…