Comments on: Are You Falling for Green Consumerism?

By: Green SAHM » Blog Archive » It’s Not Green If You Don’t Need It

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:43:03 +0000

[...] posted occasionally on green consumerism in the past, but it’s one of those points worth revisiting [...]

By: hopealso (of hippie dippie bébé)

hopealso (of hippie dippie bébé) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:09:56 +0000

Hey, just realized you also do homewiththekids.com! I see we are on the same wavelength, now. In addition to my post on green consumerism, I also did a post on the three r’s and reducing consumption awhile back that echoes these same concerns.

It’s so fabulous to see your thoughts spelled out like this. Living in suburban America these days I really need to hear other people’s words and feel that I’m not alone in my thoughts. I’m very keen these days on reading more by Bill McKibben, but even closer to the heart to hear it from a fellow mom.

And you’ve hit the nail right on the head:

“The biggest problem is excessive consumption, green or otherwise.”

The more we stand up and make these kinds of observations and try our best to live by these values, the more we can inspire change in ourselves, our neighbors and our children! Thanks!

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16 Simple, Green New Year’s Resolutions » Green SAHM — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:45:51 +0000

[...] 16. Don’t fall for green consumerism. [...]

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 04:20:30 +0000

That’s a great idea. One of the things that drives me utterly nuts about the place we’re renting is the complete lack of trees on the property. A good tree does so much to help reduce the amount of carbon you produce, especially on really hot summer days such as we have in my area.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:36:36 +0000

You really do make some great points here. I hadn’t really thought about the impact of buying when you don’t need to, even if you are thinking green when you do.
My brother and I recently started a project to help make the world a little more green. We talked with local land owners and got permission to plant trees on their land, and then we are having people sponsor the trees. We have found room for lots of trees already, we just need more people to sponsor them. Let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions on how to make this project even more green!

Check out our website
www.CarbonFootprintReducers.com

By: boogiemum

boogiemum — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:25:33 +0000

Great post. I am planning on touching on something on my blog that’s very similar in the next week. It does seem to be popular to have all these companies throwing the word green and organic around. Half the time they are casting a false light. Excessive consumerism is the number one problem in this country, hands down. Maybe there should be more campaigns to touch upon this problem as opposed to just changing a light bulb. As you know, I support the green movement 100% and actively participate in it, but as you stated, cutting back all around would be the best thing.

By: mommy the maid

mommy the maid — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:23:24 +0000

I agree. I am starting to make a lot of my own cleaning products, but I needed to use up what I had first. I also want to use that bottle full of Windex to put my vinegar based cleaner in. I know of people who threw out their old products and bought new plastic containers to store their home made cleaners in. That seemed rather wasteful to me.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:58:04 +0000

I give almost everything usable to good will. Or I try to pawn it off on someone else. xD

By: Leisa

Leisa — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:51:33 +0000

You make some really good points. “Being green” can become a consumerist status symbol when we actually need to move to a post consumerist state where simple living and frugality is considered desirable! Maybe we need an advertising company to come up with a campaign to make simple living sexy