Does Going Green Really Mean You Care?

Going green is the latest label that has been stolen by trendy followers that are seeking attention for their efforts. If you are truly a person who has been making an effort towards going green then you liekly do not worry about the label or credit. However, many people wear their intentions towards going green like an award given to them from the committee on best human being in the world. Going green has become a trendy way for those who enjoy acting like they are better than everyone to further extend their greatness, but what about their efforts? Does going green for any reason really make a difference?

As someone who technically has been going green for some time, I am not into the label of it all. I don't bother explaining to anyone about how my going green has made an impact on the world nor do I spend my time preaching about going green to those who drive hummers or eat dead cow. Instead, I make my choices for going green based on the simple fact that I could not live any other way. I don't make choices for going green based on what anyone thinks of me, I make my choices based on what I think is right. I have been selfishly going green, some might say, to please my own agenda. Just because I don't wear a badge saying that I am one of those who have made the pledge towards going green doesn't mean isn't selfish. In fact, I propose that any Amercian deciding that going green is the best option for them are doing so for a self-centered reason. After all, it will take thousands upon thousands of years for any of our going green efforts to make a difference, and the best way to truly support going green is to annhiliate the human race. Since this is not going to happen it would seem that to me going green is simply another method for the human race to come to terms with the awful mess we have created with ourselves. Going green is nothing more but a way to absolve ourselves of guilt. You know, kind of like going to confession.

Others flaunt their attempts at going green to make themselves appear to be worthy and important. They carry bags expressing their going green ideals and they never use plastic OR paper at the grocery store. They send money to charitable organizations and they recycle their plastics and metal containers. These type of people feel that going green has given them a purpose and they actually feel that they are better than those who don't choose going green as an option. They snicker and sneer at the lower end of the species who use styrofoam cups and scoff at going green. What no one fails to tell these folks is that going green will likely go out of style soon right along with that huge leather purse they bought on sale at Macy's for $299.

So, does going green really make a difference? Of course going green makes a difference. Everything each one of us chooses to do makes a difference for one reason or another. While some of us choose going green as a way to fit in or be cool the planet's well-being is just a side effect, but does it really matter? Going green can be better for us in the long run because it can help us shape the choices of our future society as well as our planet. Just because it will take a thousand years for the effects of going green to make a difference doesn't mean we shouldn't start right now at this very moment. And there's nothing wrong with going green for your own benefit, either. After all, if you're looking to fill your obsessive need to feel important in this world why not consider going green and kill two birds with one stone? Ummmm, maybe I should've chosen a better phrase there, but I think you know what I meant.