Earth Day

Many people are starting to think that maybe the store products are actually taking away from the the meaning of "going green". Many business's are coming out with new and improved ways of recycling.For this year’s celebration, Bahama Umbrella is advertising a specially designed umbrella, with a drain so that water “can be stored, reused and recycled"(para 1 Kaufman). But the controversy is that many people think these products are taking Earth Days original purpose away.This year, in an updated version of a teach-in, Greenpeace will team up with technology giants like Cisco and Google to hold a Web seminar focused on how the use of new technologies like videoconferencing and “cloud” computing can reduce the nation’s carbon footprint (para 8 Kaufman). More businesses are finding more ways to reduce their pollution to the environment.“Every Earth Day is a reflection of where we are as a culture,” he said. “If it has become commoditized, about green consumerism instead of systemic change, then it is a reflection of our society" (para 19 Kaufman).