Comparison and Contrast

9. A term often used to people who are deeply concerned with the environment is “green”. Compare a “green” person’s attitude toward consumption with that of a person who is not “green”.

“Green” can be defined as environmental friendly. So, a “green” person can be taken as one who cares about the environment, the mother earth. He will pay attention to what he does every day, even a minor action which is taken for granted among most of us, like over-consuming unnecessary plastic made stuffs wherever we go. He tries his best to cut down the usage of those environmental threatening substances. Although consumptions cannot be avoided sometimes, he will still recycle or reuse those things which are the leftover of the consumptions. Namely, plastic bags, aluminum cans and things like that. Wasting no energy will also become one part of his life. One flick to switch off the air conditioners, fans or lights is just an automatically generated message in his mind.

For someone who is not “green”, maybe it is just the mirror reflection of one who is “green”. Inconsideration and lack of “green” knowledge towards the environment is the vital killing element is his brain. Passive moves have to be taken on them to make him go “greener” for maybe a short period only or even no effective at all. No active actions will be taken by him to make our mother earth live longer. He might just throw away anything that might still be recyclable or reusable. Wastage is the motto of his life.