牛肉与“绿色消费”

保罗,一个作者和长期的环保主义者,说当前繁荣的环境友好的产品提供了一个虚假的承诺。“绿色消费是一个自相矛盾的说法,”他说。他指责新闻媒体和营销人员把环保变成时尚和分散的严重问题。最近的一项研究表明,3500万年美国人经常购买产品,声称自己是环保。你问的问题是什么?问题是现在常见的心态认为,所有我们需要做去避免大规模的全球性灾难让稍微不同的购物决策。当;事实上,我们的消费文化是真正的问题。消费者认为购买任何东西,不管是否绿色,我们解决全球变暖问题。这种信仰是一种误解,没有任何影响我们的消费习惯。 Americans in particular are notorious consumers. Did you know that Americans consume 24% of the world's energy but only constitute only 5% of the world's population? I guess you can say we are hogging all the resources, literally. Where is the focus on consumption? We cannot buy our way into global cooling. The fact is; we need to consume less, period. For instance, instead of buying five pairs of organic hemp jeans, we could just as easily learn to buy one pair of regular jeans and be happy. The fact is, climate change is more caused by politics and the economy than individual behavior, it has nothing to do with what we buy, it has to do with how much we buy as well as things like mass transit, housing density, the war and subsidies for the coal and fossil fuel industry. Therefore, it is understandable why some critics hold that trendy green consumption is a distraction from the real problem. But, what about awareness, isn’t that important? I for one believe that we need to move in baby steps. I think it’s great that ‘green’ is fashionable. The more people that dress the proverbial part, the more likely they are to learn and act on the real issues. Do you agree with these opinions, do you think green trends with no focus on consumption cuts is a good start, or merely a distraction? Taken from:《纽约时报》重用…拯救标价的90%和拯救环境太当你去购物UsedCisco.com由约书亚·莱维特电子商务销售和营销经理为UsedCisco.com报名通过电子邮件收到绿色你的网络博客通过RSS辛迪加绿色你的网络博客Digg这个博客