Apr 6, 2009
“Greening Fort Worth” Conference This Thursday
The TCU Sustainable Futures Group is sponsoring a conference called “Urban Futures: Utilizing Green Technologies” this Thursday from 4PM until 7:30PM at the Omni Hotel in downtown Fort Worth.
Registration is $50 at the door, or $35 if you register online in advance. TCU students are now going to be allowed in for free, but Faculty and Staff will be charged $15.
Admission gets you free valet parking for your Prius (or your F350 Super Duty), beverages, and hors d’ oeuvres. There will be a cash bar, so if you want to get green around the gills while talking green tech, bring a grip of green. (I’M SO SICK OF “GREEN” EVERYTHING!)
That’s funny, I am kinda sick of Green Everything also. In some respects I think it’s kind of a sham. I see “green” this and “green” that at the store.
I am no green fanatic; not on the green train, but if something makes sense then so be it. I notice (for someone not so green) I write about green (sustainable) things every so often. But like I say, if it makes sense, and the net impact is more positive, that doesn’t make me a climate change zombie. Just willing to recognize a positive thing for what it is.
Sorry you’re sick of green stuff, but apparently I’m not saturated yet, because my first thought was OMG “T” is a TCU student I can send her to represent FWRenaissance for free.
It seems unlikely that there could be three hours of talking heads without saying something topical. After all, look at the milage Steve Smith got out of the Obama and the Press deal last week, o fellow pajama wearing bloggers!
It’s not at all that I’m sick of “green” stuff. I’m just sick of the mis- and over-use of “green” as a verb or adverb.
Austin puts it perfectly when he says that he thinks Green Everything is “kind of a sham.” He’s absolutely right.
Carbon footprints get way too much attention (reducing one’s carbon footprint is the most frequently cited reason for implementing a “green” tip), and the real need for change in the way we look at our lifestyles is lost in the hoopla over the latest green gizmo.
I don’t care how “green” a given thing is — do you need it? If you do, then by all means choose the less impactful product. If not, then don’t buy it, reducing demand and therefore (hopefully) also production of said object, which reduces our impact on the planet. It’s common sense, but of the sort that Americans aren’t used to hearing.