The older generation not "green" enough

[sooperphreek]

some food for thought when you get judged by a brainwashed younger "green" generation.

http://www.miss-thrifty.co.uk/2011/10/25/the-green-thing-and-the-older-generation/

[steven lloyd]

:137: Again??? How many times and places is this same old essay gonna be recycled (hey – must be “green”)

[sooperphreek]

lol hey.....i only just saw it....sorry.

[coffeeFreak]

That's awesome! BTW sl, it's the first time I've seen it too...

[friedemann]

Yeah, I seen this before. Seems that after the years of thriftiness, there is a generation of spenders, then it goes skimpy again. Not that it is truly that way because marketers ( the ones that sell products) have looked at the trend and said "AHA! We still can splurge like there is no tomorrow. Government says everything must be stamped with a "best before date". People get brainwashed into believing that "vinegar goes bad; sugar goes bad; salt goes bad; water goes bad and all the cleaning products are no good past the due date(and many more which is nearly everything on the shelf).
Some things do go bad, like milk, eggs, meat fresh fruit and veges.
But pasta is still pasta even a 3 years past its due date...Cornflakes are still cornflakes, coke is still coke and matches always work.; ice cream is ice cream

Gone is the teaching of sight, smell and taste and just plain rationality(usually handed down from parents to offspring).

To add further insult to injury: Recycling is emphasized (the last of the 3 R's reduce the amount you buy, reuse what can be reused, and if you cannot reuse it or give it to someone who can...recycle it.) That is a fancy term for saying "throw it away"
By telling us to recycle this--that and the other thing those people in manufacturing are basically telling us when to buy and continue producing even more junk so it does not affect their bottom line one bit.

Also they are not willing to pick up the stuff that has been recycled for years. glass jars and bottles, they say load up your car and take it to a recycling depot. Otherwise throw it in the garbage. Here I thought we were trying to extend the life of the landfill site. Glass will take a century to break down and maybe not even then. The logic just boggles the mind.
We are now collecting and sorting our garbage so that the metal can be sent to China. I guess we are not as rich as we think.
My car battery used to go to Sears automotive(as they deducted $20 off the new battery for the old) When other stores started with automotive - they wanted nothing to do with your old battery. It was your problem. Oh, I see! Like we are suppose to know what to do with it. Many got left in garages, on street corners, in the bushes,etc. Not our fault for there was no direction about disposal.

If you want to have effective greening, the manufacturers got to make things that last (and can be repaired) VW Beetle made a name for itself that way, because it hardly changed and so new parts could be fitted to the main body. I believe Jeep was the same in that way. Auto manufacturers did not make as much money if the car lasted forever and all the parts fit, so the changes in bodies and styling. You had no say(and never did). You bought what was on the lot. or in the store. You only hoped it would last a couple of years at least.
Now if it lasts 6 months, it is ancient. Well that ain't green.