Happy Monday Funday!
I hope everyone enjoyed the Superbowl. What was your favorite commercial?
I swear, my job as the Sustainability Coordinator at a plastic company is making me crazyyyyyy! I interpret any reference to the environment and plastics in the context of popular culture as a case to be studied; as an academic text to be analyzed.
Such crazyiness manifests itself in my life outside work, when, for instance, I am watching the Super Bowl with friends, drinking beer and eating pizza.
And roll Audi commercial about the Eco-police:
Opening scene:
Would you like paper or plastic? My ears perk up; my senses ready.
Plastic, the man at the check-out counter says.
Enter: Eco Police. They arrest the man at the counter, thereby implying that because he opted for plastic, he is transgressing against our ecosystem. Ug!
And the funny thing is, Obama suggested that American-produced cars utilize more plastic in their construction than previously manufactured cars because it makes them lighter; therefore, less energy consumptive.??
AND the new Audi has plastic components for this very reason. It’s cool though—I understand what the marketers of this car were going for; after all, this Audi runs on diesel, which releases less green house gases than the burning of fossil fuel. So that’s neat. I just wish they wouldn’t continue to propagate the notion that plastic is bad for the environment when, because of its lightweight and versatile properties, it actually facilitates innovation in the field of sustainability.
You can check out this commercial at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_MuqoSsuTQ&feature=player_embedded.
Anyway where am I? Oh that’s right; awaiting an email from the educational tour guide from Recycle America…
Until I speak with this contact about the contents of this email and receive her approval to include it in this blog, I am unable to continue the narrative at this point. Sorry for the inconvenience.