Green Options » Santa Claus http://greenoptions.com/tag/santa-claus Posts tagged 'Santa Claus' Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:06:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Interview: Santa Admits Causing Global Warming http://inspiredeconomist.com/2008/12/17/santa-admits-causing-global-warming/ http://inspiredeconomist.com/2008/12/17/santa-admits-causing-global-warming/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:06:02 +0000 Ramsay Mameesh http://inspiredeconomist.com/2008/12/17/santa-admits-causing-global-warming/ World Santa Claus Congress 2008 by Maltesen

In a report due to be released this Thursday in San Francisco, NASA scientists will reveal satellite imagery indicating that over 2 trillion tons of polar land ice has melted since 2003, we contacted the most famous polar resident to get his reaction.

In the following exclusive pre-Christmas interview, Inspired Economist investigative reporter Ramsay Mameesh, asks Santa Claus about his role in causing global warming and the dangers it poses for his business.  As well as China’s effect on North Pole Industries’ toy market share.  And how the economic downturn is impacting toy production.

Ramsay Mameesh:  Santa Claus, thank you so much for agreeing to do an interview with the Inspired Economist, I know you’re a busy man so close to Christmas.  I think everyone is familiar with who you are, so to save time I’ll skip the usual introduction, and get straight to questions.   Do you feel any sense of responsibility for our current climate crisis?

Santa Claus: Ho, Ho, Ho.  I see you’re still upset about not getting the Tonka Truck Fire Engine that one Christmas!

RM: Yeah, something like that.  But seriously, don’t you think the culture of consumption that you personally promote, is directly responsible for melting polar ice-caps?  I mean, you may be driving yourself out of business, doesn’t that concern you?

Santa Claus: Yes, we are very concerned about climate change, and that’s why I have appointed a special committee of Elves to explore solutions.  One of the Elf’s suggestions is that we begin using Reindeer poop, to power our facilities, instead of coal.   It’s sort of a nasty Catch-22, North Pole Industries is a toy manufacturer, and if we don’t produce  toys we’re out of business.  On the other hand, over consumption is causing climate change, and endangering our manufacturing facilities.  I want to assure you, and all the good boys and girls, that as CEO of North Pole Industries we will find creative solutions.  Christmas will continue.

RM:  That’s good to know, I’m sure children around the world, will be relieved to hear that Christmas will continue.  However, you did not answer my question, are you willing to admit for the record that you played a key role in causing global warming?

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]]> http://inspiredeconomist.com/2008/12/17/santa-admits-causing-global-warming/feed/ Child’s Letter to Santa: Give the Planet Gas-Free Cars http://gas2.org/2008/12/14/childs-letter-to-santa-give-the-planet-gas-free-cars/ http://gas2.org/2008/12/14/childs-letter-to-santa-give-the-planet-gas-free-cars/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:33:09 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://gas2.org/2008/12/14/childs-letter-to-santa-give-the-planet-gas-free-cars/ Editor’s Note: Jennifer Lance is the Editor over at Eco Child’s Play, another blog in the Green Options Network. Her daughter’s letter was originally posted over there and I thought readers here might find it as cool as I did.

From my daughter’s very first Christmas, we’ve told her the truth about Santa. Regardless of what you think about this personal decision, it has posed some interesting situations. For instance, our county has only one weekly newspaper, and that newspaper has a tradition of printing letters to Santa.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2008/12/14/childs-letter-to-santa-give-the-planet-gas-free-cars/feed/ My Daughter’s Letter to Santa: For the Planet, Gas-Free Cars http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/12/12/my-daughters-letter-to-santa-for-the-planet-gas-free-cars/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/12/12/my-daughters-letter-to-santa-for-the-planet-gas-free-cars/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:04:10 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/12/12/my-daughters-letter-to-santa-for-the-planet-gas-free-cars/ Dear Santa, we need gas-free carsFrom my daughter’s very first Christmas, we have always told our children the truth about Santa Claus.  This personal decision was based upon my own experiences and reaction to finding out the reality of this icon’s existence, which also symbolized the end of my idyllic childhood.  My neighbor has warned me to be prepared for my daughter to tell me I have ruined her childhood by not making her believe in Santa, as her daughter did when she reached adulthood, and there are times we are confronted with this reality in our culture.

We live in a very small county with one weekly newspaper. It is tradition for the newspaper to print primary children’s letters to Santa.  When this time of year comes around, I know what is going to happen at school with the Santa letters, and I have to prep my daughter not to tell other children what she knows about Jolly Saint Nick.  I’ve debated opting her out of this assignment to write a letter asking for material possessions to be published in the paper, but this year, she surprised me.  Here is the text of her letter:

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]]> http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/12/12/my-daughters-letter-to-santa-for-the-planet-gas-free-cars/feed/ Mean Joe Green #39: Naughty Mayors May Get Coal This Year http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/12/03/mean-joe-green-39-naughty-mayors-may-get-coal-this-year/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/12/03/mean-joe-green-39-naughty-mayors-may-get-coal-this-year/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:13:17 +0000 Joe Mohr http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/12/03/mean-joe-green-39-naughty-mayors-may-get-coal-this-year/ A recent Jerry James Stone article highlighted the fact that 902 mayors recently signed the Climate Protection Agreement–a pledge to meet the standards set by the Kyoto Protocol.

Well done to those mayors!

(Makes ya wonder how many didn’t… and why not!?)

]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/12/03/mean-joe-green-39-naughty-mayors-may-get-coal-this-year/feed/ Searching for Peace, Love and Santa Claus http://ecoworldly.com/2007/12/24/searching-for-santa-peace-and-love/ http://ecoworldly.com/2007/12/24/searching-for-santa-peace-and-love/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:27:03 +0000 Gavin Hudson http://ecoworldly.com/2007/12/24/searching-for-santa-peace-and-love/ santa-claus.jpgThe German intellectual, Georg Lichtenberg, once said that “to do just the opposite is also a form of imitation,” but reversing Saint Nicholas’ image is certainly not the most sincere way to flatter it.

What’s the truth about Santa Claus? Who is this large, jovial fellow with flying reindeer and hordes of merry elves? If the truth about Saint Nicholas can lay the commercial icon to rest, maybe it can also restore the true meaning of Christmas as a time of peace on Earth, love and goodwill toward all.

Santa as a commercial icon undercuts the ideology of benevolence and humble giving. See this video on the chain of consumption for an idea of who gets left out when Santa goes corporate. A truer idea of the real Saint Nicholas and his current image around the world might reconnect us with the greater feelings of compassion and caring that should symbolize this (and every) season.

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