Let’s face it.  It’s 2010 and considering oneself to be environmentally friendly, or “green” is no longer limited to park rangers, UC Santa Cruz students, people that listen to Phish or anyone that has both dreadlocks and a bottle of patchouli oil.  The Harley-Davidson riding motorcyclist standing in front of me in line at the liquor store the other day had brought his own tote bag so as to avoid wasting a plastic one.  Wow.  Talk about progress over the past decade or so.  But amidst all the flurry of “going green” and making eco-friendly choices, have we forgotten what it’s really all about?  The other day I saw a “Keep Tahoe Blue” sticker on the back of a Hummer SUV.

While I applaud the fact that caring for the environment is trendy, it seems to me that too often, people make the decisions that are most apparent to others.  Parking

your prius in the driveway of your 5,000 square foot McMansion is ridiculous.  Sure it’s better than parking a Yukon XL there, but my main gripe is the lack of consistency.

Is some progress better than none?  Absolutely.  The fact people who once did not care about the health of our planet now do, is great news. Inevitably when a cause becomes popular, you’ll find plenty of followers who are jumping on the bandwagon but this also means that people are rallying behind a very important issue — so many, that it finally feels like we’re starting to make a difference.