Week 3 - Reading 2 by Motavalli (8)

A History of Green washing: How dirty towels impact the green movement.

The fact is, those cards do very little because how many people actually read them? And sure they might do it once or twice if they do read it, but soon they forget about it and go back to old habits. Some people just hate using a towel more than once.

Printing those cards is also a waste to the environment because those cards are constantly thrown out and reprinted. This is one of those things where people need to be educated and they need to start caring about these things. Rather than just printing the cards to reduce laundry costs and giving the facade that they are all for helping the environment, they need to do all things within the company to help the environment, and maybe there will be some benefits for them too. But if we only look at what benefits us now in this instant, we will never improve the quality of our environment.

The fact is that people and businesses need to make a change. Some people do little things, which of course help, but it is not enough. There are just as many people out there who don't care and will continue doing things the wrong way. We need to start making BIG changes, and everyone needs to do it.

And whilst it is a bad thing that the company uses those cards to reduce their laundry bills, the fact is that people won't generally make a change unless there is something in it for them. People will turn lights off more often because it saves them money in their power bill. Sure, there are some people who catch the bus to help the environment, but its also cheaper and generally more convenient than trying to find a park and then paying for the park.

Dirty towels are just the surface. The fact is that every aspect of our lives can be changed to benefit the environment, and create a cleaner future....