THE UNEXAMINED LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING
so let's ask some questions
FAQs
1. WHO IS THE GREENGEOISIE?
The Greengeoisie has a college degree.
The Greengeoisie often also has a graduate degree, but it's not required.
The Greengeoisie usually has a work-from-home job.
The Greengeoisie might drive a hybrid or an electric, the Greengeoisie buys organic.
The Greengeoisie tips the Prime delivery person well, because the Greengeoisie is a nice lady/ nice guy/ nice person.
The Greengeoisie has a lot of packaging coming through the door.
The Greengeoisie sometimes still feels like a cog in this corporate, tree-muching machine called humanity.
The Greengeoisie acknowledges their privelege.
The Greengeoisie votes/has voted/ will vote. The Greengeoisie knows voting is partly the answer.
The Greengeoisie has kids jumping on the bed in the other room.
The Greengeoisie would like some peace and quiet to just think for once.
-or- The Greengeoisie smugly has no children and therefore too much time to just worry about everything.
-or- The Greengeoisie has no kids but tons of other random (2020) stuff keep them running in circles.
We, the OG Greengeoisie, sympathize.
But there's more to it than that.
2. WHAT MAKES THE Greengeoisie SPECIAL?
The true, honest-to-goodness-real-deal Greengeoisie, is not just green on the outside. They're green on the inside.
Why?
Because the Greengeoisie has DIVESTED FROM FOSSIL FUEL STOCKS.
The real Greengeoisie has looked into his or her portfolio and or index fund IRA or 401K and called the necessary people/made the right transactions to get rid of those bad apples. (The necessary people might say "Do you really want to do that? The energy sector is an important part of any portfolio." The Greengeoisie has scoffed at that.)
The Greengeoisie has divested.
It doesn't take a whole lot of time.
Putting solar panels on your roof, which lots people are doing these days, is much more of hassle.
(But the solar panels are visible, and have the satifsying thingy-ness to them, while the fossil fuel stocks are invisible.)
3. WHAT IF YOU'RE DOING ALL THE GOOD, ECO-THINGS, BUT YOU NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT'S IN YOUR STANDARD-ISSUE RETIREMENT FUND?
DOES THAT COUNT AS A GREENGEOISIE?
Wonderful question.
No, that person is not a Greengeoisie. That person is a Green-Bourgeois Naif.
That is to say, cluless.
Bless your heart.
NOW IT'S TIME TO EXAMINE YOUR LIFE
Please take our quick survey:
__ Yes, I have divested my IRA and 401K or other such investments (greengeoisie)
__ No, I've never thought about it (green-bourgeois naif)
__ Kinda-sorta-thought-about-it, but never followed up (please get your act together)
Thank you.
Now keep your answer to yourself because we don't have survey capacity as of yet.
Remember your answer?
If you are a Greengeoisie, excellent. Be proud.
If you are in the naif or 'kinda' category--well, now is time to get your act together. (You're all in that last category now. Right? ooo-la-la! tricky!)
Enough of that. Some links:
You can also search-engine it. Wikipedia and so forth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel_divestment
And there's a recent article on markets.*
*However, keep in mind that fossil fuel companies are like zombies that keep coming back. And also lying about how they're going green really soon, they have a thirty-year-plan, they say, while they keep building oil refineries in downtrodden communities. Please don't wait for them to slink away quietly! We need to drive a stake through their corroded hearts. But go ahead, read the above article so you're up-to-date. It's a good thing.
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