Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago

It's a Green Thing 

In the line at the store, the cashier told the older woman that she should bring her own grocery bag because plastic bagswerent good for the environment.

The woman apologized to him and explained, We didnt have the green thing back in my day.

The clerk responded, Thats our problem today. The former generation did not care enough to save our environment.

He was right, that generation didnt have the green thing in its day.

Back then, they returned their milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled.

But they didnt have the green thing back in that customers day.

In her day, they walked up stairs, because they didnt have an escalator in every store and office building.

They walked to the grocery store and didnt climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time they had to go two blocks.

But she was right. They didnt have the green thing in her day.

Back then, they washed the babys diapers because they didnt have the throw-away kind.

They dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts wind, solar power really did dry the clothes.

Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.

But that old lady is right, they didnt have the green thing back in her day.

Back then, they had one TV, or radio, in the house not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief, not a screen the size of the state of Montana .

In the kitchen, they blended and stirred by hand because they didnt have electric machines to do everything for you.

When they packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, they used a wadded up old newspaper to cushion it, not polystyrene or plastic bubble wrap.

Back then, they didnt fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. They used a push mower that ran on human power.

They exercised by working so they didnt need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.

They drank from a fountain when they were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time they had a drink of water.

They refilled their writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and they replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.

But they didnt have the green thing back then.

Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or rode the school bus instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service.

They had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances.

And they didnt need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.


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zombieslayer
14 years ago
On the flip side, I remember dumping used motor oil on weeds and I remember reading about how the San Francisco Bay was so polluted that it had to be dredged or else it would fill up. Plus, Los Angeles is cleaner today than it was in the 70s because of automobile smog standards.

Goes both ways. Good read though.
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DakotaT
14 years ago
The baby boomers have done nothing but use up the country's resources, and because they raised generation X, X carried on their bad habits. I hope Gen Y can clean it all up and put the country back on track but they don't understand the concepts of hard work and sacrifice; Y insists on having everything now. The people in the nursing homes and the cemetaries were our greatest generation, and we sit here trying to screw them out of their medicare.

As for pollution, I think we are beginning to get on the right track. Zombie, I can one up you on dumping oil on weeds, we use to burn tires at bonfire keg parties.
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zombieslayer
14 years ago
The greatest generation? They gave birth to the Baby Boomers. That pretty much negates any good they did.

Heh. OK, now I don't feel so bad. I didn't burn tires.
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Porforis
14 years ago
Overall I think we're more environmentally conscious, but that's more than set back by how damn spoiled we are.
Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago
Yet again I need to trot out the disclaimer that the fact I am posting an article doesn't necessarily mean I agree with it. I can think of plenty of environmental practices from previous generations that set my teeth on edge. I do think, however, it made for an interesting read.
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zombieslayer
14 years ago
Agreed. The article makes some fine points. I think the use of plastics really screwed up everything. That's when everything went disposable, including our culture.
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Cheesey
14 years ago
I remember as a kid, looking for soda bottles, taking them home, cleaning them up and taking them to the beer depot for the 2 cents each.
That's how i made money to buy candy.
That was a good read!
I don't think the past generations dirtied things up on purpose. They didn't realize the damage that was being done.
Now so much has changed in that respect, mostly for the good. Although the EPA is a little too much of a dictator as far as i'm concerned.
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14 years ago
[quote="zombieslayer"]Agreed. The article makes some fine points. I think the use of plastics really screwed up everything. That's when everything went disposable, including our culture.[/quote

Yes, but without plastics, "The Graduate" would not have its greatest line.

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