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Friday, November 19, 2010

Everybody is going GREEN!

It is still the 19th of November; I hope this does not fall into late submission :)



The article for the last group presentation is The Secret of Turning Consumers Green by Stephanie Simon.
  1. What are the author's main points in the article?
      
    I believe the author has one main point. This main point is that peer pressure ads are very strong in directing crowds. He especially focuses on this technique's effect on going green.
      
  2. Do you think you would be more affected by peer pressuring advertisements than advertisements promoting green?  
     
    To be honest, I believe I would be more affected by peer pressuring advertisements. I also believe that not only on this topic, but on many other topics peer pressure is very important. Peer pressure is a very powerful tool in making someone do something. Most people, although they would rather not accept it, are easily affected by what the crowd does.
      
  3. Give a personal story of you buying a product because of its environmental design.
      
    After learning that spray deodorants contribute to ozone depletion, and after studying ozone depletion in chemistry, I bought less spray deodorants but more stick deodorants.
          
  4. Give specific examples of products becoming environmentally-friendly.
      
    • The new Hybrid Cars
    • Plastics bags changing into environmentally-friendly bags
    • Water bottles
    • Household items like cleaning items
     
PS: I tried to write answers as long as I could to these questions, but the way they are asked makes it very hard to have a long and information-full answer. Especially the first three questions can (and most likely to be) answered by one sentence.

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