By Siel
These days we’re constantly bombarded with media messages touting the latest and greatest eco-saviors. Compact fluorescent light bulbs save the polar bears! Bamboo clothes redefine eco-agriculture and couture fashion! Mineral makeup pretties-up your face and the planet too!
Organic Cheetos are all the rage. Grocery stores are quickly stocking up on "organic-ish" junk food.
It seems like you can't turn around these days without seeing a billboard or hearing a commercial touting some big corporation's latest green initiative.
Nestlé is getting into the fair-trade coffee business with its new Nescafé Partners Blend brand of instant coffee. BP boasts about its commitment to renewable energy with the new slogan "Beyond Petroleum." Even Wal-Mart, which has been criticized for its ethically suspect labor practices, is trying to go green. The company recently invited former Vice President Al Gore to speak about global warming and has pledged to bring organic food to the masses.
If you've flipped through a magazine or taken in an hour of evening news lately you've probably seen one of the many new ad campaigns from General Electric, BP, Ford, Exxon Mobil, and other blue chip companies trumpeting their ever-stronger environmental stewardship. “A whole lotta greenwashing,” you say? Not so fast.
Interests: Anything with an ING: dancing, biking, listening, talking, writing, reading, watching, eating, drinking, running, thinking, working, dreaming, surrendering, laughing, smiling, acting, traveling, singing, surfing, driving, shopping, thanking, observing, welcoming, connecting, loving, learning, sharing, practicing, asking. I love supermarkets in other places, lyrics to songs, seeking out gluten free food, responding to questions and surveys, finding deals and bargains, doing public relations for anyone/anything I believe in, good conversation, sociological observation, the beach, early mornings, condiments and spices, vitamins and minerals, alternative medicine, nutrition, holistic health, fitness gum, coffee drinking, gun chewing and sitting in the steam room.
Inspiration: Books: Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke
Music: Linkin Park and The Cure
People: My mother and all of those that have come before me that have fought their own battles and didn't give up.
Places: Carl Schurz Park, New York, NY
Movies: In Search of a Midnight Kiss, Stealing Beauty, Beautiful Girls, When A Man Loves a Woman, In America, Magdelene Sisters, The Notebook, Run Fat Boy Run
Things: Causes worth fighting for: Lupus and other auto-immune disorders, Organ Donation and impoverished and at-risk youth.