Commentary: Environmentalists Want You to Save the Planet? They Could Start By Helping You Save Your Green

By: Joseph C. Phillips, BlackAmericaWeb.com

I am a fan of environmentalists and the environmental movement. Those citizens advocating for our environment provide a useful service to the rest of us -- particularly those in government and industry by reminding us of the necessity for prudence when considering the current and future health of our planet.

I am dismayed, however, at the increasing equation of environmental consciousness with moral righteousness and the rampant consumerism that has attached itself to the environmental movement. The resulting mix is an unsavory moral consumerism that stinks to high heaven. Save the planet, save your soul. All it costs you is a few dollars.

That’s the old-time religion for you! And the current problem with living green is the same problem with absolution purchased with gold: The more disposable income you have the more morally superior you can become.

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