Thinking about Green Education Kits
Speaking of all the people I know who (a) don't believe in global climate change, (b) think somebody bright and probably funded by the government will figure out how to fix it for us all, (c) are in total denial and living relatively plush lifestyles at the expense of others (whom these people don't know about, don't care to know about, or both)... What sorts of materials could a person put together to help open their eyes? This is a tricky question, especially when some of the people in that group watch Fox News. For instance, do you include An Inconvenient Truth? Or, is Al Gore too much of a celebrity tree-hugger? How do you slip past that highly-developed Fox New reality guard, and keep them from tuning out during such an education? Certainly, books like Field Notes from a Catastrophe, Natural Capitalism, Cradle to Cradle, and The Omnivore's Dilemma contain jarring messages. These books - and Al Gore's presentation, which I caught on DVD - have been enough to keep me in a state of mild terror for ...
Posted on October 15, 2007 4:06:44 PM EDT
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Interesting Product: FLOR
Recently, Emily and I decided to remove the carpeting in our living room, kitchen, and entry way, and stain the concrete underneath. At the same time we started this project (it got derailed temporarily by the scorching summer heat and high humidity...not nice times to have the windows open), I was reading about this carpet company called Interface in the book Natural Capitalism (see my sidebar for a link). Interface started out as a relatively conventional carpet company, catering to business customers with its modular carpet-square design. After reading The Ecology of Commerce, Interface's founder determined to remake the business into a green leader. Perhaps most importantly, Interface dedicated itself to the goal of reducing its petrochemical inputs to zero - not an easy thing when a large portion of your product is made from oil derivatives. This goes beyond normal recycling, where the life of an input is extended through reincorporation into lower and lower quality products. Instead, Interface's goal ...
Posted on October 15, 2007 12:08:59 PM EDT
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