If you've recently lost a loved one, it's likely that being "green" is low on your list of priorities. It shouldn't be, according to ABC's "Good Morning America" and author Gay Browne.
Browne, the author of the new "Greenopia" city guides, appeared on ABC's morning show July 14 to promote the guide to going green. The book tells you how to shop, eat and live an all-around "toxic-free life."
"'Greenopia' should empower people to go out and make [eco-friendly] choices," Browne said. "We have over 52 categories, whether it's pet stores, nail salons, even burial services. There's an eco-friendly alternative."
Browne suggested viewers eat at restaurants that recycle and use local food. Why? "Most people don't know that most fresh dinners travel 1,700 miles to get to your plate. That's a lot of gas," she said.
The "Greenopia" Web site offers other suggestions on how to live a "greener" life: Buy furniture that isn't "toxic." Stop eating shark, Atlantic cod, and monkfish. And finally, stop using your dryer and hang your laundry out to dry.
Hanging your laundry out to dry may save some money, but "Greenopia" doesn't mention the negative side effects: stiffer and maybe smelly clothes. The segment also didn't address the added expenses often involved in "going green," like paying more for "clean" energy or organic food.
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Goin' Green at the Cemetary
July 14, 2008 - 14:16 ET by Cool ArrowLet's take this to its logical conclusion.
Where I live, there's lots of prickly pear cactus. You can eat it, if you singe the fine thorns off of it, but that's sorta "not green"
I suggest if I should die, and you're at all inclined to attend, bring a sack lunch with you.
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I plan on making a splash
July 14, 2008 - 15:23 ET by Eileen Righton my final exit, full body internment, burial at sea, opportune lift on US Navy ship. Close to perfect recycling and family/friends can think of me whenever they hit the beach.
Why not?
July 14, 2008 - 14:17 ET by ChuckM from PAGoing "green" in and of itself isn't bad. Many of the ideas are cheaper (eg. hanging clothes outside to dry) and who doesn't like cheaper these days? Sure there are compromises (eg. stiff shirts).
Having a "green" funeral isn't a bad idea either. My wife and I have been talking about being cremated, instead of taking up space in the ground.
I didn't see the whole conversation, but I didn't read anything that was either liberal or conservative in this article. Why was this called a liberal biased article?
Why was it called a liberal biased article?
July 14, 2008 - 14:23 ET by Calypso JonesMaybe because they offer suggestions to us on how to be greener and they don't follow their own suggestions? It's only for the unwashed masses but not the media elite. Let's hear who in hollywood is going green. Or the media. Does Andrea Mitchell hang her laundry out to dry? How about Mika Brzinski? Do as i say, not as i do.
I'll try to remember
July 14, 2008 - 14:48 ET by ChuckM from PAI'll try to remember to ask Andrea and Mika the next time I see them.
→ Asolutely nothing Chuck
July 14, 2008 - 14:26 ET by Cool ArrowYou can be as green as you want to be.
Of course I suggest you prepay your carbon offset for the obscene amount of CO2 your cremation will release into the admosphere.
I'm reporting you to Al Gore.
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CO2
July 14, 2008 - 14:46 ET by ChuckM from PAWhat if I want to release my final CO2s into the air? All those trees and shrubs that I planted need to be fed too, you know. It could be my last "contribution" to them.
→ Can't let you do that Chuck
July 14, 2008 - 14:54 ET by Cool ArrowDeep down, we all know Hazardous Waste Disposal Units (EPA approved, of course) should tend to the disposal of bodies.
We already call in a HAZMAT team if we break a fluorescent bulb, don't we?
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I agree. Cremation is
July 14, 2008 - 14:41 ET by SickofLibsI agree. Cremation is better. We may need that space for potatoes.
→ SOL
July 14, 2008 - 14:44 ET by Cool ArrowAnd corn. Don't forget corn. We need more corn.
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Chuck from PA
July 14, 2008 - 16:22 ET by CiampinoBugs and bird droppings on the laundry too, and what about winter?
I agree on cremation but that is not green - air pollution (yeah, right). Burial should mean fertilizer in the very long run.
You burn something made of
July 14, 2008 - 17:03 ET by danboYou burn something made of carbon and what happens?
I'm have no problem with cremation. But because it's green?
Of course we could do like the French and just stack the bodies in old mines.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
Just curious
July 14, 2008 - 14:29 ET by KC MulvilleIf the air is so polluted, why hang my shirts in it?
Ancient Chinese Secret
July 14, 2008 - 14:31 ET by IgnatzJFahrquarBoy did that just date me back to that old Calgon commercial.
"All generalizations are false, including this one.” Mark Twain
Because it removes the
July 14, 2008 - 14:40 ET by Dan The Man 2Because it removes the pollution from the air. So in doing so you are doing everyone a public service.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
What could possibly be
July 14, 2008 - 14:36 ET by KarmaWhat could possibly be greener at death, than the soylent type?
So to socialists everywhere; bite me. Chew 25 times then swallow. Repeat as necessary.
No wonder they're greenies
July 14, 2008 - 14:42 ET by mattmNo wonder they're greenies - they're so full of fertilizer!
What do you call a greenie
July 14, 2008 - 14:45 ET by SemperrightWhat do you call a greenie at his funeral,
"Disposable Douche""
Ba dump dump
Thank you tip your waitstaff
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference.
The MARINES don't have that problem."
President Ronald Reagan - 1985
With total respect.
July 14, 2008 - 14:45 ET by WR JonasThe environmental movement and the priests of this religion are preaching their doctrine to the ignorant. To believe in this as the salvation of man and the planet is an evil thing.
I urge people to examine their hearts and ask themselves if this is true or just some more socialist claptrap to bilk tax revenues out of the gullible. For all of the billions squandered so far why has nothing been accomplished ? According to these zealots , everything grows worse by the day. Don't believe these lies and don't give them the power to enslave you through government.
In case there was any doubt,
July 14, 2008 - 15:00 ET by SimpaticoIn case there was any doubt, the Greentopia site should remove it; e-business is still business. It reminds me of mass-produced organic food.
It spoils the fun when you realize you're not on the crest of a forward-thinking social movement, doesn't it? lawl !
Al Gore has the solution for global warming.
July 14, 2008 - 15:59 ET by JWFAl Gore wants you to drink the liquid in this paper cup. It will stop all the global warming you are personally responsible for. Drink it. Yes, it tastes like kool aid. Just drink it! All your global warming will stop. I said drink it! Al Gore loves you. Drink it! Ah Ah Ah. Drink! It is not a cult. Just drink it and stop thinking!
I'm old enough to
July 14, 2008 - 16:32 ET by MidAmericaI'm old enough to remember when the original hippies roamed the earth and that's what this stuff is. The original hippies had a thing for Native American values towards Mother Earth. Well my heritage is more modern than that of the stone age civilization that the Europeans displaced. I have nothing against clean living but I'm not going to do things just to 'walk in harmony with nature'. Nature if you don't keep an eye on her will hurt you or kill you in many nasty ways.
Your post is completely incoherent
July 14, 2008 - 22:52 ET by respectfulconservativeYou seem to think we have to either be clean/european or native americn/hippy/stone age/dead. This does not make any sense.
The hippies back in the
July 15, 2008 - 06:28 ET by MidAmericaThe hippies back in the seventies had this big back to the land movement. All these city/suburban kids thought they were so smart and superior and were going back to nature in their communes and were going to create a life in perfect balance with nature. uuuhhh... it didn't work out as planned. They didn't know how hard it is to grow your own food, build shelters, care for children under those circumstances and the biggest problem was trying to live without privacy in a group in this ultimate communist society. Now that generation is all grown up. They went back to the 20th century got good paying jobs and nice houses but they still dream the dream. They still fantasize that we can make this a hippie world.
MidAmerica,
July 14, 2008 - 23:02 ET by upcountrywaterNature if you don't keep an eye on her will hurt you or kill you in many nasty ways.
That's as natural as a snake bite!
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That's exactly right.
July 15, 2008 - 06:56 ET by MidAmericaThat's exactly right. Nature and mother earth does not care about our welfare. We are on our own.
...and when I die...
July 14, 2008 - 17:16 ET by bandicoot2008... when my time comes, I've decided that I want to be scattered over my hometown. I don't want to be cremated or anything though...
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July 14, 2008 - 22:19 ET by SchnikeysLOL!!!!!
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OMG! I Third that...and
July 15, 2008 - 03:31 ET by bigtimerOMG! I Third that...and then some!!
That is priceless...I was trying to think of a way to express my same sentiments regarding this BS after I got done reading the posts on this thread...this did it for me..perfectly, before I got there.
Glad I caught up with all threads finally....this one was the most laughter for me...what a way to end on.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Better than a "green" funeral...
July 14, 2008 - 18:13 ET by on-the-rocksis having your ashes recycled.
A fellow (and local) beer can collector (and recycling center foreman) died on July 4. His widow and his boss agreed that he would want his ashes mixed into a cube of crushed aluminum cans to be sent back to the aluminum plant for processing into new aluminum products. So that will be done in the next couple of weeks.
We will toast to him at a local beer collectibles show this weekend. He was one of the interesting folks that make this hobby fun. We will miss him.
okay.
July 14, 2008 - 18:47 ET by Calypso JonesBottles for me.
Are you referring to...
July 14, 2008 - 20:04 ET by on-the-rockshaving your ashes recycled with the glass or are you referring to your adult-beverage consumption habits?
We collect the cans, but a number of us enjoy the better quality microbrews and contract brews (in moderation, of course). At this particular show last year, the host brought two mini-kegs of his homebrew - a Scottish Ale and a Double IPA. Both were great.