my transformation into RECYCLOPSE

I have recently inherited an alter ego known as "Recyclopse".  You will see where this name comes from later in my blog and will know why it's so fitting.  This alter ego has come out just recently as I have decided to become more involved in the sustainability movement.  Recyclopse's job is to help people who do not know how they can help the environment become healthier, stronger, and better.  His first action was to talk to all of his friends about his new position on the environment.  At first they thought it was more of a joke but realized that it was serious.  When talking about the environment it's easy to brush it off as someone else's problem but the reality is that it is everyone's concern.  Recyclopse was able to teach and show several students the real meaning of being sustainable.  One of the most impressive things that he learned was that although teaching is incredibly helpful, the best way to influence others is by being an example.  Instead of forcing other students to become sustainable, I chose to show them how easy it is to do the small things.  These things being recycling, using less electricity and water, and wasting as little as possible.
The most difficult group of people to influence is the "cool" people.  When Recyclopse was trying to influence a more popular social group they immediately when to joking about the matter and paid little attention to the importance of it.  Many people can find being sustainable a lame or uncool thing to do when it should be seen in a completely different light.  It bothers me that being environmentally friendly should be seen as something weird or outlandish when it is in fact an altruistic ideology.  When one cleans up their environment they aren't just thinking about themselves, they are thinking about how they can positively influence the entire environment.
It was easy to notice those people that respected Recyclopse but just as easy to notice those that saw him as outlandish and weird.  The biggest argument against his ideas was that the environment is not being affected and that it is all just a crazy hoax to disturb peoples' way of life.  On the contrary, this movement is the only effort trying to preserve our environment and our lives. If people continue to ignore Recyclopses' message they will see that an even bigger monster, ecocide, will soon come and destroy our way of life.

  *Recyclopse*