Green money is placed over green movement during recession
The recession is changing the direction of the current green movement, according to a report in the Pioneer Press.
In many situations buying eco-friendly products are more expensive and people are more concerned about the green in their pocketbooks instead of in the environment.
The Pioneer Press said that people who are worried they may not have a job in six months are unlikely to install solar pannels or will shy away from the more pricey organic grocery stores.
To save money, we pared down on organic foods, and we stopped subscribing to a CSA (community-supported agriculture)," said 32-year-old Sundee Kuechle.
Also the press reports the numbers of hybrid car sales of declined.
"It's not that people don't want to do it anymore, but priorities are changing. The bottom line is, if you're worried about cutting costs, and you perceive — rightly or wrongly — that green is more expensive, you might put it on hold," Michael Solomon said, a professor at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia.
New York Times released results from a poll that ranked the top concerns of Americans after Barack Obama became president. At the top of the list were jobs and the economy, related to the current recession.
Climate change was number 20, at the very bottom of the list.