The Irony of "Green"

This year's major cliche is "Going Green." Everyone is going green, from Brittany Spears to the city of New York but not enough commitment is going into the effort, thus stupid mistakes are made to go green, that probably made the world a slightly less green place. The same thing happened at State Mu Alpha Theta this year, where the poster theme was "Math Goes Green."

1. "Tickets." By my estimate, at least 500 people went to the convention. Most of the people took three tests that needed "tickets" to attend. For crying out loud, they didn't even check for the 1500+ A4 sized paper. If they're going to print something out, at least use it.

2. Absolutely no recycle bins. The whole point of the convention to me was to do math (which may I say, is very strenuous after a while). I took a total of about 7 tests, some requiring large amounts of paper. When we were done, some of us threw it away while some didn't (usually the team tests were thrown away) but there were no recycle bins. Even if I wanted* to make the world a better place, the convention made it a bit harder by not providing trash can.

3. Creates More Hype. In the world of clarinet manufacturers, Buffet-Crampon is one of the most renowned (because I own one of their top-of-the-lines). To their credit, they make some of the best clarinets around, but they are trying to use the hype on "green" to gain sales. They have a product line (called Greenline) in where the Grenadilla wood is replaced to the extent of 5% by carbon fiber to prevent cracking. This does not save trees at all and taps into the "green" hype of America by connecting with the word green. Please, just change the name.

Bonus - Just take a look at this article about how stupid Apple is right now... not their products though.


*I'm quite proud to say that my family is quite green. All of our bulbs are fluorescent, we barely use the A/C or heater and we drive an Accord/CRV, some of the more efficient cars around.

-runiteking1

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