The Grist List, 09 May 2008

From Death to Life 1

  1. We'll undertake 'er

    Feeling deathly ill? Rest in peace on one of these slightly used sofas. Sure, they were coffins in another life, but now they're in a better place: your living room!

  2. Love those British chicks

    You can thank global warming for an abundance of great tits.

  3. Ewes you can use

    Let us get scentimental: Wool you believe they make air fresheners out of poo? You herd it here first. But we're a bit sheepish about trying this poo-pourri.

  4. Polluters should have toupee

    Thanks to rising levels of air pollution in urban areas, the once-endangered comb-over is hanging on by a hair.

  5. Mum's the word

    Don't forget: this weekend is the mother of all holidays. Sure, yo' mama would love some swag ... but Mother Earth might prefer you offer something sustainably stuff-free. After all, hugs are a renewable resource.

Sarah K. Burkhalter is Grist’s assistant managing editor.

Sarah van Schagen is Grist’s Seattle editor.

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  1. chigurl Posted 5:08 am
    09 May 2008

    You recycled what?Recycled coffins?  This has to be a joke!  Not only is the coffin cast-off quota probably pretty low (though I'm sure coffin manufacturing is resource intensive), any environmental benefit one might be providing by using a coffin as a couch surely doesn't offset the health consequences of vinyl and 'potentially exchanged' bodily or embalming fluids from...ahem...dead bodies.  Not to mention that coffins, like FEMA trailers, aren't constructed for long-term use by the living.  
    While I'll rescue the occasional homeless couch from an alley, even I have to draw the line here.

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