What is so great about going green?

Question

It seems like we're regressing instead of forwards. At this rate we're all going to end up in grass huts with no electricity.

Answer 1

You don't have to become a cave man or woman again to go green! And yes, some things are regressing, but there are so many other things that things are getting better and so many people changing their lifestyles and making big positive changes to the world!

There is lots of great non-polluting ways of getting electricity eg, wind, solar, tidal, geothermal, solar thermal, which people are using at increasing rates.

The organics industry is growing.

There has been fantastic inventions that mean we can still have goods and comfort and transport and fun and great lives: bicycles, wind-up lamps, solar powered radios and phone chargers, recycling etc.

We just have to make wise consumer choices, go without all the c**p, take a bit of time to grow our own vegies, design our buildings to be more energy efficient so we don't need heaps of heating and cooling..etc etc.

If we don't do this there will be many more bigger sacrifices and problems to deal with later in our lives:

-when wars break out over the few remaining finite resources

-when we don't have enough clean water to grow our food

-when the climate is very hard to grow food in because there are so many extreme weather events

-when we are all getting cancers and other health problems because our air is so polluted.

Avoiding this is what is so great about going green!!

Answer 2

Saving lots of money.

Feeling good about yourself.

Increasing the wildlife in your garden.

Reducing the impact of chemicals on your health and your families.

Knowing where your food comes from and what has happened to it.

Being ethical to animals and people all over the world.

Meeting lots of intelligent, interesting and thoughtful people who don't see money and consumer goods as being the most important thing in their lives.  

Having to work less because I am not conned by big companies into buying useless stuff so they can make massive profits.

Leaving a better, safer, cleaner world for my children, grandchildren and their children.

Answer 3

Even if america went green you think China and africa and india care???

not really

Answer 4

Are you for real?

Education is a great thing you know.  If you tried it and read up on "what is green" then you might find out that going green can actually save you money, increase you life expectancy, make you and our plannet healthier as well as create a plannet that is sustainable for future generations.

Don't get me wrong, I don't always do Green, but I do try as much as possible.  Little things like recycling, leaving the car at home if I'm just popping to the shop, I tend to walk instead, it's probably faster anyway in the end with traffic and everything.  I buy loose fruite and when buying anything bulky I ask the shop to hold on to the packaging.  Small things like that.  They are so simple to do, and cost me nothing.  

All you need to do is educate yourself on items that can be recycled, go for products that don't have a lot of packaging, take the bus or walk or cycle where possible.  I don't mean get rid of your car all together, that would be crazy but just leave it at home if your only going down the road!  You'll be healthier in the end.

I have also changed the type of cleaning products I used.  I've swapped scented bleeches and toilet cleaners for products that are natural.  It has been proven that a lot of cleaning products damage our lungs and can be harmful to asthmatics.  The chemicals irritate the  lungs.  I use a mixture of lemon, and water as a kitchen & bathroom cleaner - it's great for everything really.  It not only cleans and disinfects but it's not harmful to me or the environment.  Remember what we clean with usually gets washed down the drain - contaminating the environment.

The one thing I haven't changed (yet) is my washing detergent, but I'm working on it!

My advise to you is take one step at a time.  If you find you have a few mins spare time, research where your local recycling centre is and what items they accept.  

To be honest, I see myself as  being green, but I could never live in a grass hut with no electricity and I really don't think that is what being green is all about.  It's more about awareness, and doing what you can with the facilities that are around you.

Best of luck !

Answer 5

it helps the environment by:

planted trees.

recycling

save energy

it take care of the animals

I also agree everybody else who answer your question.

Answer 6

Do you like breathing? Most of us do, we find it not only refreshing, but downright life sustaining...guess what we don't get to do if we continue to poison our world? We have become machine dependent whiners. Everything we can do to reuse and recycle and conserve helps tremendously, it's easy not to care, it takes courage to do what is right. Let's hope we can find the self discipline to do what is right before it's too late.

Answer 7

um well lets see.

going green would help future populations...

ACTUALLY EXSIST!

we need to recycle to save trees [oxygen]

save land for animals [meat to eat]

stop polluting the air [air to breathe]

stop polluting water [water to drink]

save valuable non renewable resources like coal and petroleum by using alternative fuels like food oils.

say enough i hope so

we're all going to die because of ignorant people like you.

recycle!

:D

Answer 8

Well, Im not a really big enviromentalist but it does help some to turn off lights turn down heat and plant trees. It just conservest a bit.

Answer 9

I'm not going to lie to you.  Going green does involve some regression, at least in terms of limiting consumption and engaging in better stewardship of resources.  In first-world countries, and particularly in the United States, we have an incredibly consumption-centered lifestyle.  We buy things we don't need with money we don't have, and then throw them away rather than getting full use out of them.  And unfortunately, in a world with limited natural resources, this sort of behavior is ultimately self-destructive.  At some point, no matter how wealthy and powerful our nation is, we WILL be forced to suffer the results of our previous wastefulness.  

It may help to think of it in terms of personal finance.  If you continually spend more money than you make, you will go into debt.  Once you're in debt, you can either reform your prodigal ways and attempt to live within your means and pay off your creditors, OR you can continue to spend wildly, running up more and more debt.  For a while, you'll be able to carry the payments on that debt.  You may even be able to wriggle out of paying those debts a few times--but if you don't change your ways, eventually your wages will be garnished, and you'll lose your home, and your car, and your job, and end up on the streets.  Most people eventually come to their senses and realize that it's better to live modestly, frugally and with a modicum of comfort than it is to lose everything.

It works exactly the same way with natural resources.  If we continue using far more resources than are available, eventually those resources will run out.  Since the US is a wealthy and powerful country, we may be able to run up a "credit card bill" for a while by using resources from other countries-- or, if we get desperate, by seizing those resources.  But since our consumption is so high and since we use far more than our share of the world's resources, eventually (and probably sooner than we'd like to contemplate), the resources will run out and the bills will come due and there will be no way to pay those bills.

That's the purpose of going green.  It's learning to live more reasonably and to make frugal and careful use of the resources of the planet, so that we can all, hopefully, continue to live with a reasonable level of comfort, health and safety.  Yes, we will HAVE to change at least some of our bad habits, including our habits of wasting resources, polluting and poisoning our water, air, and land, and doing whatever makes us happy without any thought about the long-term consequences.  And honestly, in the long term, we're probably going to have to settle for a less affluent existence than we like to believe is our "right" as Americans.  But it's a h**l of a lot better than living out of a dumpster.

Answer 10

to save the ****** planet