I believe in conservation of natural resources. So I find those who preach but don’t practice particularly galling.
My observation is similar to Hunt’s.
“My observation is that the only people who ever call out celebrities for this kind of “hypocrisy” are people who disagree with the celebrities on the merits of the issue involved, and that they never call out the hypocrisy of people with whom they agree.”
So, therefore the people who agree with these celebrities, will never call them out and don’t mind the hypocrisy because they agree with the issue?
I tend to disagree with sweeping generalities. One case in point, I spent some time talking to a fascinating climatologist on a flight a few years ago. She was truly a brilliant woman. While she agreed with the premise of climate change caused by humans, the contempt and disgust she had for Al Gore was quite apparent. She had no love for hypocrites, whether they shared her point of view or not.
Flying is so miserable now I don’t really resent anyone for using a private jet any more.
Tony Robbins recommends it highly.
“Tony Robbins recommends it highly.”
Was he the guy whose wife went nuts in first class, attacking the flight attendants? Or was that Joel Osteen? Whichever one of them it was, I’m sure the airlines recommend that they fly by private jet, also!
Fixed it for you.
Leo’s hypocrisy does not negate the importance of conservation and stewardship on both a small scale and a large scale. Individuals making small changes will not balance out the emissions and resource use of industries or nations, but as individuals change our attitudes and habits I believe that there is a trickle up shift. I am not inclined to throw in the towel just because a movie star or pundit sets a bad example. I don’t plan to suddenly buy a Hummer or throw my plastic water bottles in the lake because “what does it really matter anyway?” I think that in many things we are prone to discounting the message because the messenger is imperfect. Well, Mother Nature didn’t hire Leo to be her spokesperson so he really is representing nobody but himself.
26 True. Obviously I was referring only to residential users.
It is important to conserve when you can, recycle , etc. I find hypocrisy in my own neighborhood with the neighbor that drives a Prius and puts a lot of chemicals on their lawn to make it pretty. We have well water and we do water our lawn a couple of times a week. Our lawn looks pretty and green , but if you look up close , it is nothing more than a compilation of weeds. I wouldn’t put any kind of fertilizer or other weed killers on my property.
I am the only person in my neighborhood that actually uses a clothesline rather than just throwing laundry in the dryer. I really am bothered by the chemicals used because of the threat to the birds , animals and bees.One of the best things about my yard is the abundant nature…except for snakes…I try to steer them clear with a mix of cinnamon and cloves
I think the point is for everyone to reduce their carbon footprint as much as possible while still performing normal functions. The idea is not for everyone to restrict themselves back to the stone age, but to do the best they can in their own arena.
Hey lje62, you gave me a great excuse for all the weeds in our yard. I can tell people that we are looking out for the planet by not using pesticide and fertilizer! Of course, nobody will believe that.
One thing that really bothers me is the massive use of plastic water bottles. I wonder if they can (or do) make water bottles out of substances that are biodegradable. Obviously that would be a problem if they started to decompose while they were full, but they could be clearly recognizable bottles, with expiration dates or something like that.
That is changing with the generation. Kids I know all use their own water bottles and the school has filling stations. My health club has filling stations as well and stopped selling bottled water. I’m sure they are horribly un-green in other ways but the culture of bottled water is shifting. Still, it is one of those things that people fuss about when they say that colleges have gone soft. First they put in a climbing wall then they got rid of the bottled water. What is the world coming to?
Maybe there could be a push to have water fountains everywhere. Nice and cold and clean. No more need to bring a water bottle since you could always find it in a public place.
Okay, given a choice, I’d take the climbing wall over almost any other perk. The world is getting better in many ways.
It gets my teenage boy out the door to exercise! He is there 3-4 days a week now.
How hard is it to have a water bottle that you refill? You might slug down 5 bottles a day out of convenience, but if you bother to refill your water bottle even once, you’ve cut it down by 20%.
You’d think, but there have been some heated CC debates about campuses going to personal bottle filling stations and cutting out bottled water - although I am a bit biased as I live in the land of good tasting tap water.
Bottled water is gone out of style(?) in my area. There’s even a store that doesn’t sell bottled water. At home, we have a filter installed in the kitchen.
Yes, our water is extremely good, which makes it easy.
Good thing you bought him that annual rock climbing membership, saintfan. I’ll bet it’s saved plenty of money so far.