Comments on: Rant: The real danger of global warming… http://www.hcidesigns.com/2007/09/rant-the-real-danger-of-global-warming/ Thoughts and Reflections of an Interaction Designer Sun, 06 Jun 2010 06:12:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Joe L. Ogan http://www.hcidesigns.com/2007/09/rant-the-real-danger-of-global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-591 Joe L. Ogan Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:52:35 +0000 http://www.hcidesigns.com/cmbeck/?p=30#comment-591 It should be possible for our Scientists to get a majority opinion on the dangers of Global Warming. Why are they not doing that? It should be possible for our Scientists to get a majority opinion on the dangers of Global Warming. Why are they not doing that?

]]> By: Josh Olmsted http://www.hcidesigns.com/2007/09/rant-the-real-danger-of-global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Josh Olmsted Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:05:32 +0000 http://www.hcidesigns.com/cmbeck/?p=30#comment-63 Completely agree. There are so many companies and products out there pushing people to "be green". Of course that is really a hidden message. What they are really advertising is for people to "consume green". Consuming products we don't need or throwing away a perfectly good product to buy a greener one doesn't solve the global warming issue. What about the waste created from throwing away the old product? What about the waste that was created during the production of the green product? When your washing machine breaks down and is beyond repair, going green is awesome. But when you are throwing away (and likely not recycling) a perfectly good machine to buy a green one is it really worth it? I guess I feel like giving people awareness is a start, but I also fear that the we are being tricked into thinking that we're all "doing our part", when really we might be making little to no impact. Completely agree. There are so many companies and products out there pushing people to “be green”. Of course that is really a hidden message. What they are really advertising is for people to “consume green”. Consuming products we don’t need or throwing away a perfectly good product to buy a greener one doesn’t solve the global warming issue. What about the waste created from throwing away the old product? What about the waste that was created during the production of the green product? When your washing machine breaks down and is beyond repair, going green is awesome. But when you are throwing away (and likely not recycling) a perfectly good machine to buy a green one is it really worth it? I guess I feel like giving people awareness is a start, but I also fear that the we are being tricked into thinking that we’re all “doing our part”, when really we might be making little to no impact.

]]> By: Dave Roedl http://www.hcidesigns.com/2007/09/rant-the-real-danger-of-global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Dave Roedl Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:06:41 +0000 http://www.hcidesigns.com/cmbeck/?p=30#comment-28 Environmental talk does seem to have hit the the mainstream. Its prevalence in advertising and the marketing strategies of major corporations is evidence--and yes a lot these messages are ill-informed and superficial. ('Green washing' is a term I've heard to describe business's hollow claims of sustainability). I've long hoped for environmentalism to become popular, but now that it has, the responses are somewhat unexpected. Last night I had dinner with a rather conservative family member and the talk shifted to global warming. A few years ago, this topic might have been dismissed with a derogatory remark about 'tree-huggers'. Instead it was a welcome discussion, and he was eager to admit that global warming was real, BUT the important thing is that no one knows if humans are causing it. I was a little baffled about how to respond. Scientific findings which I take for granted as logical and sound, remain in complete contention. I'm not sure what to conclude. Its a <i>great</i> thing that environmental issues now have a place at the table. But apparently this has not come with any clear understanding of if or how we need to change. Environmental talk does seem to have hit the the mainstream. Its prevalence in advertising and the marketing strategies of major corporations is evidence–and yes a lot these messages are ill-informed and superficial. (‘Green washing’ is a term I’ve heard to describe business’s hollow claims of sustainability).

I’ve long hoped for environmentalism to become popular, but now that it has, the responses are somewhat unexpected. Last night I had dinner with a rather conservative family member and the talk shifted to global warming. A few years ago, this topic might have been dismissed with a derogatory remark about ‘tree-huggers’. Instead it was a welcome discussion, and he was eager to admit that global warming was real, BUT the important thing is that no one knows if humans are causing it. I was a little baffled about how to respond. Scientific findings which I take for granted as logical and sound, remain in complete contention.

I’m not sure what to conclude. Its a great thing that environmental issues now have a place at the table. But apparently this has not come with any clear understanding of if or how we need to change.

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