Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Here's a green ... there's a green ... everywhere's a green

People have gone completely "green mad". Every other page of a recent issue of a local newspaper contained one or two articles on environmental friendly topics. From green fashion to green spring cleaning tips and ideas, you name it; it was covered!

Later, I heard on BBC radio, that people are lining up to buy, get this, a designer shopping bag, that says, "I am not a plastic bag". They drive their not so environmentally friendly cars to the stores that have these bags on sale--5 pounds each--and then drive back home. All stores are now sold out of this item!

Don't get me wrong. I am a true believer that it is our duty to utilize natural resources responsibly. If we don't run out of the resources we have available, in our time; our children and children's children more likely will.

But, what surprises me is how majority of us advocate a cause only if and when the image is "cool".

1 comment:

Visda said...

Silky Pop Hermes bag, which will go on sale in the U.S. this summer, has a price tag of $960 US.

Castigloni's foldable nylon bag retails for $843.

Stella McCartney organic canvas shopper seller fetches $495.

The fever is catching on. Being environmentally friendly is a --posh-- thing!