Yuppies playing at conservation

I am aghast at the excesses and wastage of upper class Americans, (or the rich Philippino families here) but as one who has lived much of her adult life in rural areas of the US, Africa and now Asia, seeing rich yuppies "pretending" to live poor is even more absurd.

That is what disturbs me about this self indulgent attempt to live a "no impact" lifestyle. BLOG LINK
A wiser way to live would be simplicity. Like the Amish. Or like the lifestyles of many rural people. Or the life of a Trappist Monk.

The ideal is NOT Walden Pond, the simple life? Well, not really. You see, he was rich enough not to have to work to earn a living. And Thoreau cut trees down for his house and to keep warm, so his live was not exactly "low impact"... and the dirty little secret is that he got tired of his primitive diet and ate with friends at least once a week...and he was "hygienically challenged" which is probably why he was a bachelor.