<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for World’s first eco-article about “world’s first” eco-items]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by GivingIsGetting http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-13-worlds-first-eco-items/ Thu, 14 May 2009 08:44:18 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-13-worlds-first-eco-items/1 I always thought that calling any product eco "friendly" is like calling the school bully a great guy just because he took the day off and didn't beat the crap out of you last Tuesday afternoon....one day off does not a friend make.

just can't figure out a way to make something "friendly" that is extracting natural resources....

how about "friendlier" or "a little better than the other crap out there" or maybe....?

]]> I always thought that calling any product eco "friendly" is like calling the school bully a great guy just because he took the day off and didn't beat the crap out of you last Tuesday afternoon....one day off does not a friend make.

just can't figure out a way to make something "friendly" that is extracting natural resources....

how about "friendlier" or "a little better than the other crap out there" or maybe....?

]]> Comment #2 by Greengift http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-13-worlds-first-eco-items/ Sun, 17 May 2009 09:20:27 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-13-worlds-first-eco-items/2 Growing a TickleMe Plant and watching the leaves instantly close and branches droop when Tickled was a first for me! I hope you can share this green experience with others. I recieved the TickleMe Plant Greenhouse as a gift. At first I thought it was a joke, I mean I never heard of a plant that MOVED when you tickled it! As I read more about it on the website http://www.ticklemeplant.com and saw the video, i became a TickleMe Plant believer and couldn't wait till grow my own. In just days the seeds sprouted. The first leaves closed only at night as in said in the instructions. A few weeks later more leaves appeared from the center of the plant. I tickled the leaves and to my amazement the closed right up! I will never forget that experience and I now call it my "Pet" TickleMe Plant as it is so interactive.This is a must see must grow plant for all I love my TickleMe Plant

]]> Growing a TickleMe Plant and watching the leaves instantly close and branches droop when Tickled was a first for me! I hope you can share this green experience with others. I recieved the TickleMe Plant Greenhouse as a gift. At first I thought it was a joke, I mean I never heard of a plant that MOVED when you tickled it! As I read more about it on the website http://www.ticklemeplant.com and saw the video, i became a TickleMe Plant believer and couldn't wait till grow my own. In just days the seeds sprouted. The first leaves closed only at night as in said in the instructions. A few weeks later more leaves appeared from the center of the plant. I tickled the leaves and to my amazement the closed right up! I will never forget that experience and I now call it my "Pet" TickleMe Plant as it is so interactive.This is a must see must grow plant for all I love my TickleMe Plant

]]> Comment #3 by bethyp http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-13-worlds-first-eco-items/ Wed, 20 May 2009 15:34:33 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-13-worlds-first-eco-items/3 Haha!  I loved this!  Thanks for expressing how I've been feeling...slap "eco" on something and suddenly it's cool to buy/use/talk about.  What about the original "eco"-activities and things that were more in line with frugality and conservation?  Reusing your crap til it really doesn't work, finding new uses for things around the house?  I just created a garden in my yard completely from salvaged stuff found buried in the ivy...does that make it the first "eco-garden"?  Or just a garden like the one my grandma used to have...

]]> Haha!  I loved this!  Thanks for expressing how I've been feeling...slap "eco" on something and suddenly it's cool to buy/use/talk about.  What about the original "eco"-activities and things that were more in line with frugality and conservation?  Reusing your crap til it really doesn't work, finding new uses for things around the house?  I just created a garden in my yard completely from salvaged stuff found buried in the ivy...does that make it the first "eco-garden"?  Or just a garden like the one my grandma used to have...

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