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Do You Pay Attention To Labels?

by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 09.29.09
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John wonders if 400 Green Labels Do Anything But Confuse The World's Consumers? "Four hundred competing labels is a near-perfect way to devalue the whole idea. Green Globes and Green Leaves: every body's got 'em. Makes me wonder if industries in opposition are donating money to label originators."

Do You Buy Green or Cheap?

by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 09.28.09
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Sami rants that Green Doesn't (Always) Come Cheap and notes that we get a lot of complaints whenever we show the green, organic handmade baby and kids stuff that costs five times as much as the offshored Wal-Mart equivalent. He asks "isn't cheap and ubiquitous what got us into this mess?"

Should Chrysler Get Rid of Dead Tree Owner Manuals?

by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 09.23.09
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Chrysler always has crazy ideas; my dad once had a talking Chrysler that would complain "a door is ajar" every time it opened. When asked why he would drive a car that nagged him so much, he replied "It makes me feel at home." Now Mike tells us that they are doing something that might be equally silly; in the interest of saving 20,000 trees they are supplying a DVD instead of an owners manual. Good idea?

Do You Play "Thermostat Chicken"?

by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 09.21.09
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I never knew the name for the game we play every year about this time, when it starts getting cool and we see who breaks down first to turn up the thermostat. Will it be me because I can't type? Or my wife because she can't play the piano? Sami introduces us to Thermostat Chicken- "a term used for the practice of avoiding heating in winter, or cooling in summer, and competing - implicitly or explicitly - with other household members to see who can hold out the longest."


Do You Eat Fast Food?

by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 09.17.09
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According to Next Generation Food, 25% of Americans eat fast food every day, getting in one meal almost the full recommended dose of fat, sodium and calories. Do you?

Uni-Tool vs Multiple Tools

by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 09.15.09
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Jaymi loved this kitchen thing that did many functions instead of one; she wrote "A big part of quality, sustainable design is that whatever you're creating should have more than one use, so that you only need one consumable item to accomplish multiple tasks" and concluded that "it seems like we've finally hit upon a kitchen device that isn't eye-roll-worthy." But commenters eyes were rolling as they questioned whether this was a jack of all trades or a master of none.

Does Recycling of Tassimo Cartridges Make Them Any Better?

by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 09.14.09
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We have described Tassimo as "a machine that creates a captive audience for an overpriced coffee system that creates unnecessary waste" and a prime example of "design for unsustainability."

Now we learn that they are going to start accepting used coffee pods for recycling in the UK. This isn't easy; Bill McDonough called this kind of thing a "monstrous hybrid".

Are You Concerned About GM Food?

by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 09. 9.09
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Tim LaSalle writes in Why GM (Genetically Modified) Foods Have Failed at Producing Healthy Food for More People that "no currently available transgenic varieties enhance the intrinsic yield of any crops" and questions whether they are healthy. But 89% of soybeans in America are GM, 60% of the corn and 75% of the canola. So unless you follow a strict organic diet you are eating lots of the stuff. Do you care?


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