Thursday, February 12, 2009

Trend of the Week=Green


A comical occurrence has been continually presenting itself to me over the past few months, so I will use this time to expound.

Have you taken time to notice the powerful influence that current cultural trends have on almost every social angle?

It seems that every other advertising scheme relates back to the overplayed phrase-

Go Green

Clothing, cleaners, and cars are all resorting to the popular economic bend. And it think it is rather humorous to me....why? Because it is a moment, a trend, a phase, just like peace&love in the 70's.

So we must recycle, reuse, reduce. Maybe to save our planet, but probably to be socially acceptable.

So let us hug a tree, at least until this fad will fade.

1 comment:

Micah Wetzel said...

Truth.

However, this has only been a recent "fad." The movement, and even the term "Going Green" itself, have been around for quite sometime, and have only recently garnered such popularity. Similarly, the Beatnik Movement of the '60s and '70s had its roots in previous history and still has a steady following today.

But I definitely agree with you that the overused terminology is only being used so frequently so as to sell more products.