whooknoo.com — When you think of people who consider themselves to be “green consumers” you probably have certain stereotypes than come to mind. Never-the-less, a recent national study involving consumers who thought of themselves as “green” displayed some rather surprising results. The study discovered 5 myths about these green consumers...
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baggochipzJul 2, 2010
Kind of a stupid article. Breaking out statistics from a group of people who apply a specific label to themselves? I suppose that's the problem with all the green-washing that's going on in consumer culture; Anybody who buys the cleaning spray with the green leaf and sans-serif font thinks they're "green," whatever that means. The only people who wouldn't consider themselves "green" are those who are involved in the anti-environmental backlash.
regencyandcoJul 4, 2010
Do not agree. The main concern of those who are really involved is to make the most people change their way. One guy laying in front of a bulldozer will at best annoy everyone at work and be kicked off, whereas everyone caring about recycling will have an actual effect on deforestation.
Come on, be "green", just don't bitch about it.
eihwazJul 3, 2010
Who did this "recent national study"? I see no specific name or source, I'd like to know more about it.
chuckdontsurfJul 3, 2010
Duh, obviously "they" did it.
ainyaJul 3, 2010
all this does is reinforce the fact that its very trendy to be "green" these days, but the fad will fade as they all do, and the lemmings will find something else to champion but the true envrionmentalists will keep on keeping on.
rednipJul 3, 2010
all your comment does is remind me that conservative supplicants don't really make rational arguments and instead depend on talk radio like belittling of whatever subject their corporate masters need repeating.
The article says that the main reason to 'go green' is to save money, and that's like at 75%. It says nothing that you say it does.
Few others lies like a 'conservative', nor will you find many who accept lies as well them. Perhaps it's a courtesy from one liar to another to accept and forgive such misrepresentations.
When gold crashes, as it soon will, people such Glenn Beck will scream 'New Order conspiracy', and people such as yourself would endorse it. It's like a catch-22, either admit that the Gold bubble caught you with your pants down or double down on crazy.
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Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Rednip, the poster said nothing about "conservatives" or "liberals".
Your post is proof that some people are so desperate to advance the "conservatives are bad" theme that they will dive onto a poster in an article that says nothing about politics.
It smells like desperation.
rednipJul 3, 2010
@Quirk,
blah, blah, blah.
You do little more than bully, bitch an whine. Good luck with that.
goweigusJul 3, 2010
what is a true environmentalist?
ainyaJul 5, 2010
someone who adjusts their lifestyle for the sake of the environment and not because its the popular thing to do.
pakerJul 3, 2010
Someone that flushes their toilet every third use.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
"...but the true envrionmentalists will keep on keeping on."
It is, in fact, this part of the comment that would lead me to believe the poster isn't one of 'em eeeebil anti-environmentalists, but a human being who is probably concerned about the environment.
I think someone jumped on something that wasn't in the comment.
ainyaJul 5, 2010
you are correct, i'm not an anti-environmentalist... i'm just anti "people who do things because they're trendy" LOL
allisonv12Jul 3, 2010
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gregatron5000Jul 3, 2010
And get of your lawn!!
micredableJul 3, 2010
Anyone with common sense figured these "myths" out the first time they walked into Whole Foods.
oxidaneJul 3, 2010
treehugger s**t is gay. i said it.
crunchdiggJul 3, 2010
damned near useless article. "consider themselves green" , "answered some questions wrong". whatever.
The only takeaway I see is that for these people, the motivator was money. Make a lower environmental impact cheaper, or nicer in some way, and you don't have to argue about stuff like whether global temperature gain of a degree or two is a disaster. You might just make a better world for selfish reasons. I can live with that.
twinklyjesusJul 3, 2010
shallow much?
bipolarruledoutJul 3, 2010
"Green consumption" is an oxymoran. Consuming will never be green and it seems that few "green consumers" know this. Changing the ink color on a package doesn't make a product "green". This is a fundamental lifestyle change which has real limits in the minds of consumers. Not one person in the developed world will ever be "green" but merely "greener" depending on the amount of effort they put fourth.
Want to be truly green? Don't have kids and die sooner.
rudegarJul 3, 2010
what if I eat some of other peoples kids too ?
inkabadgerJul 3, 2010
Or don't by new where possible. Furniture, clothes, cars... you can buy a lot of these things used for cheap. Hell you can furnish a house with stuff you find on the curb if you live in the city (not that I recommend for couches).
twinklyjesusJul 3, 2010
Or, don't use any of these items at all.
No furniture or car. Live outside, never use the bathroom, don't brush your teeth or bathe. Walk everywhere naked and hold your breath as much as possible. Above all, no talking or farting.
029aJul 3, 2010
Kill people and burn them for power.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
There are so many statistical canards in this minute "article" I can barely even believe it. Buried.
ascusJul 3, 2010
When my kid came home from school preaching the merits of recycling, I simply made here in charge of recycling. She got to rinse out the glass, metal and plastic containers, sort them and put them out to the curb in separate containers.
letsdienowJul 3, 2010
that was written just as badly as this article...
poop on you,
Not so bad I guess, given the fact that you say you recycle..
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werfwerJul 7, 2010
awesome !
rootsm3Jul 3, 2010
Ride a bike and turn off the lights.
rambomcflyJul 3, 2010
Fact # 1: Green consumers care about money like everyone else.
twinklyjesusJul 3, 2010
fact # 2: "Green products cost 50% more than non-green products"
mrcacaJul 3, 2010
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zjbirdJul 3, 2010
I work in a store much like Whole Foods. It is very environmentally friendly. Almost all organic certified products cost significantly more than a regular product, people pay for reusable bags, many of them drive expensive high mpg cars. I don't think it's about the money for them. Then again, when you base your facts off of what people consider themselves to be instead of what society would most likely label them as, the value of your conclusions resemble that of a Kanye West opinion.
twinklyjesusJul 3, 2010
Meanwhile, in the back of the store among the cardboard boxes on wooden or plastic pallets, are a forklift powered by propane or batteries filled with sulfuric acid... Outside, there are a row of dumpsters, full of decaying food products and other items, which, when it rains allows a soup of toxic chemicals to seep out into the sewers..
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zjbirdJul 4, 2010
Meh, not really. It's a pretty cool store. They have recycle, have solar panels on the roof, the lights in the store turn off and on based on where the sun is at during the day. Instead of having a pharmacy, they have a natural vitamin section with people trained as pharmacists that give natural alternatives to medicine. Personally, I think it's a cool store, but to each his own.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
zjbird you are a digg user...gtfo you aint got a job fagot
zjbirdJul 4, 2010
You said that to someone else too and got dugg down. You're really bad at this.
twinklyjesusJul 4, 2010
No, it's not about the money to them, but it is to those SELLING, who are the ones that profit from those ideologue's gullibility.
lunarsightJul 3, 2010
To me, being green is just a game - a challenge of sorts.
IT folk will take devices and tinker with them, seeing if they can make them more and more efficient.
This is the same sort of thing - can you do more with less? Can half that stuff you throw away be used in place of something that you would have to go to the store and buy? It's good for the environment, since you can keep some of this stuff out of landfills, and it's also good for you, since it's one less thing you'll have to waste money on.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
What the hell does the conclusion have to do with the myths?
altorJul 3, 2010
Whoever wins, our wallets lose.
altorJul 4, 2010
...wtf? This wasn't supposed to go in this article.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
Aren't myths one and two just about identical? So ... four myths then.
Closed AccountJul 3, 2010
"When you think of people who consider themselves to be “green consumers” you probably have certain stereotypes than come to mind..."
Lemmings comes to mind. There may be some genuine "green" consumers but the vast majority are only "green" if it's not an inconvenience.
letsdienowJul 3, 2010
The best was:
. Most Green Consumers Are Very Knowledgeable About the Environment – When asked very simple questions about the environment, about 50% of study participants answered questions incorrectly.
Please someone tell me what that proves?? Worst sentence ever written, IMHO.
terrible.....
twinklyjesusJul 3, 2010
That they don't know what they are talking about. Was it really that hard or are you just being obtuse?
letsdienowJul 3, 2010
I understand the fact that they have no idea what they are writing...
But I don't understand how they thought that the 50% answered incorrectly was supposed to prove anything...
You could go either way with that judgment?!!!!!!!!!
crunchdiggJul 3, 2010
yeah, the sentence is meaningless. Did they answer 1 percent wrong? 50 percent? 98 percent?
About all we can tell, even ignoring the lack of pointers to the actual survey, is that self-identified greenies aren't perfect in their knowledge of the environment. Oh, the horror.
ripersnifleJul 3, 2010
#5: The smugness and preaching emitted by these greeners is not justified.
swimblizz88Jul 4, 2010
yea i guess that is a myth.
/fail
cdndiggerJul 3, 2010
This was the most useless waste of internet to ever internet
kylebrothertJul 3, 2010
“When asked very simple questions about the environment, about 50% of study participants answered questions incorrectly.”
- Not surprising. This explains why their shopping habits are sometimes hurtful (corn-based products) and often not very helpful (hybrids) for the environment.
“When asked to identify their main concern, about 60% of green consumers said it was the economy.”
- They might be a bit misguided here. But I think that reducing and re-using can be very good for one’s personal economy.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
hereticoftruthJul 3, 2010
It is no surprise at all that ignorance is more common than knowledge and that self interest prevails over altruistic intentions. Things always look better on the surface.
emayors444Oct 25, 2010
I find this similar to consumers of diet pills-- those who take weight loss supplements are actually likely to gain weight, because they don't watch their diet. Consuming a pill makes them think they're doing enough, and they engage in eating behaviors that contradict their weight loss goals!