posted by guest
May 22, 2008 12:25PM
Oh yes, I'm familiar with this. It's called a travel mug. What's next a ceramic coffee mug? Can you delve deeper than this on ecologically conscious consumption? It involves a lot more than buying things that are tote bags or made from organic cotton or made with safe dyes. It even might involve less consumption, but your advertisers probably won't respond well to that. It runs the gamut to buying second hand and using textiles that are from recycled products.
posted by syako
May 22, 2008 12:33PM
yay travel mugs! I love my morning coffee shop run, but hated all the plastic lids ending up in landfills. Not that I'd every buy the "not a paper cup" cup *clever, though* but I think it's great that people are getting more aware of the things we consume and then waste.
posted by Softel
May 22, 2008 12:42PM
I think people are more aware of what we waste but haven't made the connection to how much we consume... which is so simple a concept to grasp it's sick. They know that all consumers need is an excuse to purchase, so they've given us a new one.
Sometimes I can sit back and laugh as I watch people scurry to buy, buy, buy just to be green... other times it just pisses me off that we're all too inept and removed from nature to grasp what should and once did come naturally to us.
posted by guest
May 22, 2008 1:05PM
I don't really see why this is such a big deal, travel mugs are not some new invention by any means. So what if they've made them look like throw away cups? You people need to get over it.
posted by guest
May 22, 2008 1:11PM
What on earth is Softel talking about?!? It is a travel mug, not a new low for society.
posted by guest
May 22, 2008 1:31PM
^^^What do you drink your coffee in then, miss high and mighty from a civilization far superior to that of the western world? Out of a coconut? Obviously you are not as evolved as you think, or else you would not be reading a frivolous fashion blog.
posted by Softel
May 22, 2008 1:39PM
I'm not trying to be high and might at all. If you notice I use the word "WE" and "US". All I'm saying is it's just another product to consume and the quest for green has left much to be desired.
Why do people take things so personally on this site?! It's really frustrating to have discussions sometimes.
posted by guest
May 22, 2008 1:55PM
Can they make one for iced drinks?? Such a waste of plastic those starbucks venti cups are!
posted by kijjalyn
May 22, 2008 4:52PM
I think they are just trying to be cute. I mean, its Fred Flare. Think of it in the same vein as plastic "Chinese takeout" boxes and the like.
posted by marybelle
May 22, 2008 6:16PM
Couple of things: these are cute - I love this shape. BUT Softel has a point: the PRODUCTION of all the so-called GREEN materials is actually damaging to the the environment. Plastic production is depleting the ozone. AND did you guys know the United States uses over 1/3 of the world's energy supplies for production of primarily unhealthily produced materials. SO SCARY!
Sorry about the rant.
posted by guest
May 22, 2008 11:36PM
maybe I'm missing something...
isn't paper biodegradable?
and can't you just plant new trees?
or is the production of new paper cups they're worried about?
But then by producing plastic cups (and oil is used to make plastic) isn't it defeating the entire point?
posted by guest
May 22, 2008 11:49PM
This cup is made of porcelain/glass, with a rubber or silicon top. It's not plastic. If you buy one cup that you use for years on end and have your coffee put in that instead of a paper cup with a plastic lid, you are keeping that much refuse out of the landfill.
posted by disneyrollergirl
May 24, 2008 5:52AM
Re Guest 11.36
When all the grocery shops in London started banning plastic bags, I remember thinking, 'why don't we have paper bags like they do in the US'. But apparently, paper bags aren't that kind to the environment either. (Can't remember exactly, maybe it's depleting all the trees ...um ...or something.)
I know it's wrong but I love those paper cups.
posted by guest
May 24, 2008 8:38PM
Also, many paper cups (as well as other paper food containers, like those used for fast food) are coated with materials that keep liquids/grease from leaking out. They're much less environmentally friendly than you might think.
posted by Softel
May 22, 2008 12:23PM
Wow, society has reached a new low...
These are the days I really wish I was back in the bush. I'm pretty sure I'll be outnumbered in thinking that this is ridiculous but I think my difference of opinion comes for my different background. When you're not a product of the privileged western society, some of these inventions come across as both bizarre and saddening...