celebrity, be or not to be?

Nowadays it is almost impossible not to know about what is going on in the entertainment industry. We are surrounded by glossy covers of tabloids, Internet is full of pictures of celebrities and so on. No wonder people are worried that soon there will be no place in mass media for serious issues like the environment. But should they be?

                Undoubtedly most of us are curious about what celebrities have to struggle with in their everyday life. It is easy to find out about it thanks to mass media. But as in the past we could often put an equal sign between “popular” and “notorious”, now it has changed. Celebrities know they have a big influence on people and they try to be the role models for us, especially for the youngsters. More and more celebs are getting involved in the environmental issues. Wanting to encourage us to take care of the Earth, they participate in different campaigns or they simply have an eco-friendly lifestyle and hope we will follow.

                Another thing is that we cannot blame the celebrity culture for everything. The truth is people can find out about different ways of helping the environment effortlessly. It is as available as information about celebs. Yet, somehow we prefer wasting our time on reading meaningless things. We do not care about environment, because we assume the eco-lifestyle is expensive and time-consuming.  But maybe if we did some research, it would turn out to be different.

                Obviously, celebrity culture can be superficial and distract us from important issues, but it is up to us if we choose it over the environment.