Podcast: Fear of a Christmas écolochic

Transcript

"Welcome to the new Podcast Cezame, Ecolochic Magazine.

I do not know you, but me, Noel scares me. It always made ​​me really scared.

Well, when I say it scares me, it is relative. But let's say, in general, I'm a little afraid of gifts that I made. Always the fear that it falls off the plate, always scared that it does not please me. Basically, I'm always afraid of the old crappy gift.

You know all this. It's Christmas Eve, the whole family is reunited. It's time to open gifts. Auntie Danielle approached with a bundle in her arms and a smile on your face. No, you will not escape. It's finally time, and that is your mouth.

So you take the stuff packed in paper that shows a small dog that plays with a ball in a garden covered with snow, and you begin to open. As you undo the knots, there are others who are in your belly. And sure enough: "Oh, the beautiful corkscrew. Thank you Auntie, "you hear yourself saying in a mournful voice, hardly surprised by your disappointment. Yeah, you like wine, then Auntie, she said that a good corkscrew to 1 € 50, it might do the trick.

In general, Noel has often been for me the time of the great disappointments. The age of these gifts unconvincing offered by people unconvinced. Bulk, come to mind some of these examples of Gifts, less warm than unhappy:

I was offered the book I'd just give myself two weeks ago, with the explanation: "I saw that you had a book by this author, so I told myself that I could not fall to side ". Well, if ...

There was also: "I saw you not wearing a watch, then I offer you one. In addition, as you love cycling, I have done two things at once. " And it gives me very satisfied, a watch with two bullets, with the big hand-shaped pedal bike, and the small-shaped handlebars. The smart money available.

There is also the book explaining how to repair his car himself, with, in the eyes of Uncle light meaning "What Ben, you're a guy or you is not one." I must say that I had received a small toolbox in the previous year.

I'm sure you all remember your turn a few laps that you have been played at Christmas. And it would be fun as you share them here in comments if you feel like it.

In short, all this to tell you that Christmas is approaching and people are not convinced, these same people who forget to put a real intention behind the gifts they make, will be led to think, "Shit, Erick is also . Got an idea for a gift? I dunno what. "

You noticed elsewhere, it's never "I do not know what could make her happy" with these people is "chépâquoi". The pleasure of the other does not exist, it's just the obligation of the gift that counts.

So Christmas approach, and these same folks will undoubtedly say this year: "Ah, but if that's it, I know. You know, it's Sesame Erick, there écolotruc his thing. Y has to buy her something like green. "

And now, you now know why I'm still scared of Christmas this year. Because, undoubtedly, there will be under the tree full of pretty amazing eco-friendly gifts and ... well amazing.

"Keeps Erick is a cap with a fan that recharges with the sun. With global warming, it will be useful again "... And we must say thank you.

"Oh, but what is it? Ah ... a bamboo cup. Yes, yes, that's good, what is useful, if I am thirsty for example. Well, it does not go in the dishwasher, but it's good, it's helpful ... what a cup bamboo ... "

And I'll spare you the pants in organic cotton, washing balls that do not wash or the famous biodynamic wine that stings. But they will still have the choice between a book "Earth from Above", a basket for shopping with written on it "I'm green and I beg you also to save the planet while shopping" and the small box Marseille soaps: "This is it green? Uh, I dunno, but as my grandmother had ... ".

There may even be under the tree a Sigg water bottle , aluminum water bottles the famous so-called green on which I wrote a brûlot explaining that this brand did not care about the world, and especially the world green. Or a Peruvian hat of pure wool Lama.

All that itches just thinking about it.

There are times where it's nice to think that we can do things that are going in the right direction for our mother planet. And there are others, like at Christmas, when I say I have done better to start a magazine on the iPhone, like everyone else.

Remember this, Be Smart, Get Green anyway. "