Green Thesis

The thesis that Alex Williams uses in his article "Buying Into The Green Movement", is as follows " That vision of an eco-sensitive life as a series of choices about what to buy appeals to millions of consumers and arguably defines the current environment movement as equal parts concern for the earth and making a stylish statement. I agree with this thesis because of the examples that we can see in every day life. Every day there seems to be a new way to go green which can only be followed by buying something eco-friendly. In a way it has also become very sad that a lot of people only go green because it is fashionable, even though they don't care about the environment at all. It seems to be more to become acceptable in the eyes of others and to have others think that you really care about the environment because you have or use green products. Because of how fashionable and acceptable it is to go green, the go green industries are becoming really profitable. This causes many companies to manufacture more products that are green which worsens our situation in the environment. Williams does a great job at setting up Kairos with the continual rise of the green movement and help's us as U.S. citizens to see how ineffective the green movement has become. If we support this movement we will just be adding to the destruction of our environment.