Comments on: Tod Brilliant lives up to his name with a comment on Non-Essential Consuming http://www.rootconcepts.com/blog.html/2007/12/08/tod-brilliant-lives-up-to-his-name-with-a-comment-on-non-essential-consuming/ Root Concepts - Green Media & Sustainable Business from a Leader in Ecomedia. The North Bay's Premier Interactive Agency. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:47:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Dominique http://www.rootconcepts.com/blog.html/2007/12/08/tod-brilliant-lives-up-to-his-name-with-a-comment-on-non-essential-consuming/comment-page-1/#comment-15735 Dominique Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:43:39 +0000 http://www.rootconcepts.com/2007/12/08/tod-brilliant-lives-up-to-his-name-with-a-comment-on-non-essential-consuming/#comment-15735 hi matt, as first world consumers, we have an obligation to observe the privilege of our habits of consumption. the beauty, is, we have choices. The challenge is to curb the wants with what is truly needed, and come up with strategies to reduce, reuse and recycle...in that order. peace. hi matt,

as first world consumers, we have an obligation to observe the privilege of our habits of consumption. the beauty, is, we have choices. The challenge is to curb the wants with what is truly needed, and come up with strategies to reduce, reuse and recycle…in that order. peace.

]]> By: matt http://www.rootconcepts.com/blog.html/2007/12/08/tod-brilliant-lives-up-to-his-name-with-a-comment-on-non-essential-consuming/comment-page-1/#comment-15380 matt Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:26:05 +0000 http://www.rootconcepts.com/2007/12/08/tod-brilliant-lives-up-to-his-name-with-a-comment-on-non-essential-consuming/#comment-15380 Great post (even though I just found it). I agree with your ideas, especially: "there’s nothing truly sustainable about creating superfluous products". That's the big question: does buying a surplus of green products really make for a better life and carry less of a repercussion? Great post (even though I just found it). I agree with your ideas, especially: “there’s nothing truly sustainable about creating superfluous products”.

That’s the big question: does buying a surplus of green products really make for a better life and carry less of a repercussion?

]]> By: Dominique http://www.rootconcepts.com/blog.html/2007/12/08/tod-brilliant-lives-up-to-his-name-with-a-comment-on-non-essential-consuming/comment-page-1/#comment-12910 Dominique Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:40:30 +0000 http://www.rootconcepts.com/2007/12/08/tod-brilliant-lives-up-to-his-name-with-a-comment-on-non-essential-consuming/#comment-12910 hi andy, the climate protection campaign http://www.climateprotectioncampaign.org/index.php recommends, safe climate as a carbon footprint calculator. http://www.safeclimate.net/calculator/ what i know of these calculators is that they are only a starting point. i interviewed ann hancock of the climate protection campaign, and she addressed my question about the calculator. check our podcast with her. http://www.rootconcepts.com/2006/11/06/rootcast-2_energy/ hi andy,

the climate protection campaign http://www.climateprotectioncampaign.org/index.php
recommends, safe climate as a carbon footprint calculator.
http://www.safeclimate.net/calculator/
what i know of these calculators is that they are only a starting point. i interviewed ann hancock of the climate protection campaign, and she addressed my question about the calculator. check our podcast with her.
http://www.rootconcepts.com/2006/11/06/rootcast-2_energy/

]]> By: andy http://www.rootconcepts.com/blog.html/2007/12/08/tod-brilliant-lives-up-to-his-name-with-a-comment-on-non-essential-consuming/comment-page-1/#comment-10383 andy Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:51:06 +0000 http://www.rootconcepts.com/2007/12/08/tod-brilliant-lives-up-to-his-name-with-a-comment-on-non-essential-consuming/#comment-10383 Does anybody know about this site ( www.earthlab.com ) ? I have seen other environmental sites with carbon calculators like yahoo and tree huggers, but I am wondering what the deal with earthlab.com is, is it credible? I saw they also published a list last month of the top ten greenest cities ( http://www.efficientenergy.org/Top-Ten-Green-Cities-in-the-United-States ). Does anyone know if this site is better than say WWF site? Fill me in I took their carbon foot print test and it was pretty interesting, but they said that I put out 4.5 tons of carbon while another test gave me like 15 tons? I think I trust earthlab.com’s test a little more (because my score is lower). Does anyone know about any other tests? Does anybody know about this site ( http://www.earthlab.com ) ? I have seen other environmental sites with carbon calculators like yahoo and tree huggers, but I am wondering what the deal with earthlab.com is, is it credible? I saw they also published a list last month of the top ten greenest cities ( http://www.efficientenergy.org/Top-Ten-Green-Cities-in-the-United-States ). Does anyone know if this site is better than say WWF site? Fill me in

I took their carbon foot print test and it was pretty interesting, but they said that I put out 4.5 tons of carbon while another test gave me like 15 tons? I think I trust earthlab.com’s test a little more (because my score is lower). Does anyone know about any other tests?

]]> By: Livepaths http://www.rootconcepts.com/blog.html/2007/12/08/tod-brilliant-lives-up-to-his-name-with-a-comment-on-non-essential-consuming/comment-page-1/#comment-10200 Livepaths Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:27:35 +0000 http://www.rootconcepts.com/2007/12/08/tod-brilliant-lives-up-to-his-name-with-a-comment-on-non-essential-consuming/#comment-10200 Great blog! If the economics don't work, recycling efforts won't either. As our little contribution to make this economics of recycling more appealing, http://LivePaths.com blogs about people and companies that make money selling recycled or reused items, provide green services or help us reduce our dependency on non renewable resources. Great blog!
If the economics don’t work, recycling efforts won’t either.
As our little contribution to make this economics of recycling more appealing, http://LivePaths.com blogs about people and companies that make money selling recycled or reused items, provide green services or help us reduce our dependency on non renewable resources.

]]> By: Theland http://www.rootconcepts.com/blog.html/2007/12/08/tod-brilliant-lives-up-to-his-name-with-a-comment-on-non-essential-consuming/comment-page-1/#comment-9426 Theland Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:20:59 +0000 http://www.rootconcepts.com/2007/12/08/tod-brilliant-lives-up-to-his-name-with-a-comment-on-non-essential-consuming/#comment-9426 Great article. This reminds me of the insane number of "healthy" energy drinks and flavored water companies springing up...so many people use the "green" and "heart-healthy" tags to sell products that it can be extremely time-consuming to figure out who is really who they say they are just so you can feel good about which "good" company/product you vote for with your dollars. Great article. This reminds me of the insane number of “healthy” energy drinks and flavored water companies springing up…so many people use the “green” and “heart-healthy” tags to sell products that it can be extremely time-consuming to figure out who is really who they say they are just so you can feel good about which “good” company/product you vote for with your dollars.

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