A few weeks ago I was reading a 'women's magazine' in a cafe which had an article on how to reduce your consumption and do your best for the planet. It had a few pieces of vaguely worthwhile advice e.g. 'fly less' and was about as shallow as you would expect in a publication of that sort.
The irony of an article on how we can help save the planet featuring in a magazine dedicated to consumerism - mainly via the fashion industry - and bulging full of ads exhorting us all to buy more stuff was not lost on me.
I concede that a fluffy fashion magazine is not where you are likely to find either intellectual fodder or a strong political message, but still ... The actions sure did not match the words.
Guess it is the same with all of us - no point wringing our hands about climate change and all the rest of it without changing our behaviours. It's the cause and effect thing.
2 comments:
Rather amusing...I mean, they can't exactly say:
"Start by not buying this magazine any more.
And don't buy any of the useless crap in it."
Can they?
Can they?
Oh, I *wish*!
It's like all those books on consuming less/using less resources and all that stuff - it is not quite right somehow (ie having to buy a book a book about it). But I guess they figure there is more money to be made that way than out of cyberspace. Or maybe I am being uncharitable - maybe it is about getting the message to a bigger audience. But whichever way I look at it, it just does not seem to stack up somehow.
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