Green With Envy

I vowed I wouldn’t get political when I started this Blog. For those of you who know me, that is a very difficult task. Growing Pains is meant to be commentary on how to grow a business, about sound business strategies, keen marketing practices, and creative advertising.

King’s “X.” I take back my vow. At least this one time. Because I am turning green at the gills over the ridiculous furor associated with the eco-green “movement.” From both sides. It’s time to get real. To the point. Pointed toward common sense.

Common sense tells you it is good to:
Recycle. Reuse that which can be reused.
Breath clean air.
Drink clean water.

But at what price?

I’m green with envy over those “experts” on both sides of the issue who can be so cock-sure of their positions that they don’t and won’t listen to the way they talk about the issue, much less listen to opposing opinions. Claiming the high ground when it comes to Planet Earth (and that goes for the hypocritical Gores with their electricity-eating house and the scoffing-Limbaughs who think they have all the answers) makes them high "claim drifters" because they miss the golden point.

We can’t throw the proverbial baby out with the bath water. Any one with common sense knows it is good to guard our natural resources. That same common sense also says we can’t stop economic progress dead in its tracks.

We can’t dead stop driving cars. Quit heating our homes. Or even completely eliminate dumping into the water supply. Yet it doesn’t give us carte blanche permission to keep doing it without thinking of ways to improve our actions so that we improve our environment.

Listening is a skill that both sides could use.

There is a common sense common ground. Let’s meet there. It will be good for business.