Title: Social Entrepreneur

Gender: Male

Age: 27

Sun Sign: Taurus

Location: Detroit

I promised a friend that I would take initiative and become a more Eco-conscious person. I can't say that I've ever been grotesquely wasteful or hurtful to our environment; but I also can't say that I was Ricky the Recycler Extraordinaire either. Just a guy going through life with a blind eye toward a very important topic–the environment.

But, I hate the word “Green”! It literally sickens me to hear the Oscars referred to as the “Green” Oscars; and when I see the new “Green” marketing campaign for Walmart I have to shake my head in disgust. It's greenwashing! Does anyone really think that Walmart cares about the health of the environment or the people that inhabit it? According to the Center for Environmental Health, Walmart sold vinyl baby bibs with extremely high levels of lead as recent as May 2007. And now they decide to stick the new, money-making buzz word “Green” in front of their name with the hopes of getting in on the action too. It just doesn't seem genuine to me.

I don't want to be like that. So from this day forward I'm not using the word “Green”. Instead, I'll be using a much more genuine word; I'll use “Guffly” (read blog post: “What Is Guffly?”, for in-depth description of guffly). And guffly is what I'm trying to be, but I don't want to change my life drastically. So I need everyone's help to create a world or “guffliverse”–if you will– of products and practices that are easy to integrate into my life.

I'd love to hear anything that you might have to say so leave me your thoughts on this:)

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