I agree that making environmentalism populist is important, and I was really happy to see the free compact florescent drive on campus this fall (sponsored by PG&E).
I guess that even more than making greener goods cheaper and more affordable, I'd like to see a return to conservationalism as a moral value or something. My grandparents are old school conservationalists, and were big activists in the Audobon society. I was raised with a mind toward consuming less and efficiency. Honestly, even more than making solar and wind power cheaper and more readily available, I think a return to the ideals of buying less, throwing away less, and reuse is really what is needed. However, that's damn near impossible to market to our hyper consumerist society.
Getting back to our Puritanical roots - that's what's need in this country!
Seriously though...I'd love to see more puritan values being pushed in terms of environmentalism and spartan lifestyle rather than all the puritanical outrage about sex and religion.
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I guess that even more than making greener goods cheaper and more affordable, I'd like to see a return to conservationalism as a moral value or something. My grandparents are old school conservationalists, and were big activists in the Audobon society. I was raised with a mind toward consuming less and efficiency. Honestly, even more than making solar and wind power cheaper and more readily available, I think a return to the ideals of buying less, throwing away less, and reuse is really what is needed. However, that's damn near impossible to market to our hyper consumerist society.
Getting back to our Puritanical roots - that's what's need in this country!
Seriously though...I'd love to see more puritan values being pushed in terms of environmentalism and spartan lifestyle rather than all the puritanical outrage about sex and religion.