Green, eco, environmentally friendly, earth friendly, green footprint, carbon footprint – what’s it all about? It’s common sense that we depend on the planet for life and “green” sounds like a good idea. But what is “green”? Well, you get to decide! Because if we don’t decide what’s important in our lives then others will do so for us. A prominent green magazine has a recent article titled “Is it better to serve soda in 12-ounce cans or from two-liter bottles?” Hang on, isn’t it better not to serve soda at all? And there lies the issue with “green”. It’s starting to distract us from what’s really important!
There appears to be an agenda to convince us that the earth is more important than ourselves and that we’re responsible for its demise. Yes, guilty as charged for using too many plastic bags throughout life and adding to the plastic island in the sea that’s as big as Texas. But let’s get things in perspective. The plastic bag company is probably doing very well financially. There are global companies taking control of the worlds food supply with harmful GMO technology. Why do we let the gas companies make billions of dollars in profits when they’re extracting it from “our earth” that we should all have equal rights to? I wonder what the world would look like if the war budget was instead used to research non-polluting energy sources. There are just too many examples to list here!
The reality is that large companies and the super rich get to live by different rules and then point the finger at us. So instead of following wherever the “green” agenda is headed let’s make “green” about ourselves, our family, and our friends and about making healthier choices everyday. In that way, we can’t help but improve the earth as well. There may be a hundred things more important to our overall wellness than deciding whether to serve soda in cans or bottles?
- Matthew, eZoetic.com Founder