Global Cool Rocks. ECOSEXUALS UNITE!

greencloset.jpgCertainly you’ve read something about Global Cool in the past few months, no? This week, the assortment of celebrities and green thinkers at Global Cool announced their “Ten Years to Save the Planet” campaign. While the campaign itself may be a bit thin on substance (legislation, sweeping change), it’s a solid step. The whole campaign, with its celebrity tie-ins and educational videos strongly mirrors the Mtv ‘Rock the Vote’ campaign of the ’90s, and I have to say I applaud the effort (how rare is that?). At the very least, it recognizes and points out quite clearly that we’re at the threshold of an irreversible ecological tipping point, after which, well, we’re absolutely doomed (it may be too late, already, but let’s be hopeful and say it isn’t).

Okay, that’s all well and good, and I’m certainly going to donate to the cause, as cutting a check is easiest way to save the planet, right? Yet, the greatest thing I found on the site is under a section called “Green Day(ting)”. Check this out:

If ‘metrosexual’ was the buzzword of the late 90s and early naughties, thanks in part to sensitive sarong-sporting types like David Beckham teaching men to shave properly, then right now ‘ecosexuals’ are all the rage.

Holy mother of god! I’ve had this, well. . . conflict . . .that I’ve been feeling within myself since I was a wee lad. I’ve felt different, not quite like the other boys in the gym. And now I know why!

I AM AN ECOSEXUAL!!!

Say it loud! I’m green and I’m proud!)

There. I just came out. Quite publicly, in fact, on a blog that is read by tens of thousands each day. In case I was at all nebulous, even a bit vague, as I don’t want to mirror Bowie’s waffling on the sexuality subject back in his Ziggy days (he really played the press that crazy Duke):

I AM AN ECOSEXUAL! I AM AN ECOSEXUAL! I AM AN ECOSEXUAL!

I wonder what my wife will think?

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P.S. - It all seems to have started here.

P.P.S. - Thanks to the eco-fashion house, GreenCloset for letting me appropriate their logo. Hopefully, this link will make it all square.

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2 Responses to “Global Cool Rocks. ECOSEXUALS UNITE!”

  1. I am an ECOSEXUAL!!!-- says on February 2nd, 2007 at 7:55 pm :

    [...] Maybe I’m a little behind here, but before tonight, I had not heard this phrase before. But, I was browsing through my Google Alerts emails (how else do you think I stay on top of everything?), and came across a post on Tod Brilliant’s blog about a term he saw over on Global Cool (I wasn’t able to find the exact page there). According to Tod, Global Cool said: If ‘metrosexual’ was the buzzword of the late 90s and early naughties, thanks in part to sensitive sarong-sporting types like David Beckham teaching men to shave properly, then right now ‘ecosexuals’ are all the rage. [...]

  2. Tod Brilliant says on February 18th, 2007 at 10:59 am :

    No, you’re not behind. I just happen to at the forefront of the ecosexual movement.

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