Maniates' article

I think it is very interesting point of view that the author explains how we are treated like children by being told what we can do for the environment and starts doing easy stuff, because it seems pretty true. I agree with the author. As he mentions in his article, I think it is true that people prefer to do easy thing for the environment because not every one basically know what to do, but doing easy thing is a good start to do something for the environment. Also, people tend to feel satisfied with the fact that we are doing something good for the environment. However, many people don't even realize that easy is not enough. What is more, we are likely to be encouraged to do easy, but even we do them, nobody really knows how it is really making better for the environment.
His article is helpful to make people realize and think what they can do more as a grown-up. However, at the same time I think many people still would be confused and have no idea what they should/can do besides doing "easy." I think that people need to understand what is going on with the environmental issues. In other words, government need to promote an effective policy for the environmental issue and explain it to people. And surely, they need to be open to discuss about the environmental issue.