Blue, White, and Green?

I was at work today, well I guess technically it was yesterday, and I was making sandwiches. While one of the cooks was telling everything that went on the sandwiches and everything he mentioned that we had to tack off the twisty ties on the bread bags to recycle the plastic bag which we had never done before. This got me thinking about all the changes Penn State and a lot of other places have made to become more green. At work I typically have a lot of time to think because I typically work by myself especially when I'm doing something like making sandwiches, sure other people are around, but they're busy doing other things.



Anyways, I've had enough of this "going green" crap. I'm all for taking care of the environment. I mean we do live here not to mention the fact that it was created by God just as we were. Maybe not in his image, but definitely an expression of his love and who he is.

Probably the main reason I'm sick of it is because all of a sudden everyone is suddenly so conscience of environment and how we need to take care of it, but most people don't really care about it. At least not the people you yell at you from their balcony five stories above you. You're probably thinking there's a story there and there is, so I'll pause to tell it. Chase and I were taking out the garbage from our apartment, we had recently done major cleaning, and some girls were out on their balcony. They yelled down to us and we talked with them for a little then one of them say that we were throwing away an old disgusting mop, and one of them said, "Why are you throwing away a mop? Go green."

Anyways going green will never really work. It may work in some ways especially short term, but it won't stick mainly because it's not addressing the real problem, people's wasteful attitudes. It's like our sin. Many times if we are struggling with something we just avoid that temptation at all cost instead of dealing with the heart issue that leads to that sin.

Anyways, you may say that going green is working. That people are realizing how wasteful they are and are changing. To that I would say, spend 4 hours in a Penn State dining commons dish room, or a similar dining facility and you'll see how "green" we really are.