When Society Hampers Green Progress
March 12, 2010 | Filled Under Living Green
Have you ever found any green projects ugly, smelly; like compost odor, detestable or down right out of the question? How about those nasty green projects taking place around or near your home, do you welcome them? Most green projects benefit society as a whole, and the environment, but that does not mean that everyone agrees on the project or where the project takes place.
More often than not, society hampers green progress based on reasons not associated with the environment itself, but based on property values, aesthetics and proximity. Nobody wants anything in or near their neighborhood that might be deemed as unsightly, stinky, or undesirable, and many green projects have the reputation of being unsightly or creating a nuisance. Everything from residential green projects to reduce one’s own footprint, to green projects on a state or commercial scale.
Residents and individuals everywhere have petitioned, and succeeded, in limiting the green practices members of a community can participate in through town and village ordinances, laws and the levying of fines. Everything from clothing lines to compost piles to collecting scrap has been hampered by community boards across the country. On a larger scale, the installation of wind turbines, that generate enough power for an entire community, have been halted because that same community does not like the idea of the same wind turbines being within hearing and viewing distance.
Cases like these abound, and pop up everywhere green projects are being developed. We have allowed dirty industry practices to be put in place for the last few decades, but yet our resolve to keep things the way they are has hampered the better changes that we need. It is time to start looking at the good these green projects do and have a little more judgment in our resolve to hamper their progress.
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