Comments on: What the hell is eco-friendly?

By: NoBrain McGee

NoBrain McGee — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:27:09 +0000

Great post. I’m in the furniture business. It kills me every time I read that some new designers stuff is ecofriendly, made with repurposed products etc. I wonder what the catch line will be in 5, 10 years? I do agree though that every bit helps. My feeling though is that conscientious living should be the way we do things, not the way we market them.

Cheers

By: India J

India J — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:47:29 +0000

Thought provoking post – just as I like them…
I consider myself particularly aware of protecting the environment…I recycle, I garden without pesticides…etc, however, I do drive a 4×4 (SUV) because I live in the mountains and it’s the only way to get around…
I can’t take public transport, use a bike all year or walk, does that mean I don’t care for the planet..?
Of course not – it just means that there’s a BIG difference between theory and day to day reality…
You do put it in words so much better than I ever could though AA..:)

By: Tsion

Tsion — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:04:20 +0000

I think people think about saving the planet and don’t know where to begin. A little change goes a long way. By the way the “share a shower” part is funny. I can only imagine a neighborhood shower program to match up with a shower buddy lol

By: coffeewallah

coffeewallah — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:42:39 +0000

Hey AA, I loved this one. It’s a simple concept that people have trouble getting. If everybody does just a little bit, that’s a start. Think of it this way, not everything about the ‘good old days’ was so good. Without some of the progressions made by man, we’d not be reading each other’s blogs and communicating with people as readily. That’s one plus. It’s all about balance really.

BTW, love the new look.

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:35:49 +0000

You know what always gets me? Organic honey. Ok, so explain to me how you train the bees to go to only organic flowers? Do you put little strings on their little legs or what? Do you teach them which flowers are a no no? How does one do that I wonder? Give me a break!

Some of these products are flat ridiculous!

By: angryafrican

angryafrican — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:28:37 +0000

@MoAfrika – That is one of my favorite stories! I tell it often. Just a balance. That’s what we need…

@sahlah – yes! That’s why I threw it in with a double edge! “Live with it.” Meaning we don’t have a choice and we should live with it in harmony. We need nature more than it needs us but we are also part of nature. We only think of ourselves as abstract and seperate. Nature will be different without us the same way it will be different without ants or bees or elephants or flies. We must live with it. All of it.

@kadinsky – Thanks for the link and the comment! Excellent piece by the way. Bloody “Mr Green”.

By: kadinsky

kadinsky — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:21:32 +0000

hey, thanks for the comment! I was on my way over here to leave the same – great post!

By: sahlah

sahlah — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:16:48 +0000

And anyway, we rule the world and they don’t. Live with it.

It’s the result of that “ruling the world” that is the basis of this post – is it not? I’m pretty sure nature doesn’t need us, but we sure need nature. I wonder how long we can live with it.

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By: MoAfrika

MoAfrika — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:33:51 +0000

Here we go again and here is the thing, it is really not too bad that Americans are only now waking up to sustainable living. Give them a break, the don’t have a country, they have a continent and they have a third of the world’s fresh water supply, so you can sort of understand if they thought they would always have resources aplenty. Baby steps guys, throw away less, serve smaller portions, etc it all adds up. There is more of us on the planet than back in the 70′s. I am reminded of that cute story of some caucasian guy wandering the plains of africa before slavery was invented. He stumbles almost literally on an african fella lying in the shade, next to a river, catching a few zees. In a basket next to the siesta guy were a few fish he had recently caught. The white guy say, if you weren’t so lazy you could be catching a lot more fish, selling it to the villagers, making lotsa money and ultimately employing those villagers to do the fishing for you . . . The brother looks at this pale fella and say, looka here, I got enough fish for the missus, my cousin and the chilluns – why would I wanna catch more? Limme ‘lone I wanna sleep, damn! Now that’s sustainable living.