Comments on: Schwag & Twitter at Blogher ’08 http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/ Learn to live life with less plastic... for the health of our bodies, our oceans, our planet. I don't buy new plastic. Join me on my plastic-free journey. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:55:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: daharja http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/comment-page-1/#comment-3109 daharja Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:44:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/#comment-3109 I'm following you on Twitter, and have just added it to my blogs. Not sure whether I'll use it much yet or not.<br/><br/>Blogher sounds like good fun. I just couldn't justify flying halfway round the world for a conference!<br/><br/>Oh wait...that doesn't stop our politicians...does it? I’m following you on Twitter, and have just added it to my blogs. Not sure whether I’ll use it much yet or not.

Blogher sounds like good fun. I just couldn’t justify flying halfway round the world for a conference!

Oh wait…that doesn’t stop our politicians…does it?

]]> By: toddlerplanet http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/comment-page-1/#comment-3051 toddlerplanet Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:17:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/#comment-3051 This was really interesting -- I was there and impressed that most rooms had a water dispenser and glasses instead of bottled water, but there was some there. Thanks for posting this; it made me think. This was really interesting — I was there and impressed that most rooms had a water dispenser and glasses instead of bottled water, but there was some there. Thanks for posting this; it made me think.

]]> By: Beany http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/comment-page-1/#comment-3030 Beany Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:00:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/#comment-3030 This was too cool. I only read FPF and GB's blog so it was nice to put a face to the blogs. This was too cool. I only read FPF and GB’s blog so it was nice to put a face to the blogs.

]]> By: Anonymous http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/comment-page-1/#comment-3029 Anonymous Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:16:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/#comment-3029 Hey Beth - It was great meeting you at the conference and thanks for taking the time to sit down for awhile and chat about Zwaggle and recycling issues. And of course thanks for mentioning us in your post. - Adam Hey Beth – It was great meeting you at the conference and thanks for taking the time to sit down for awhile and chat about Zwaggle and recycling issues. And of course thanks for mentioning us in your post. – Adam

]]> By: Kellie http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/comment-page-1/#comment-3026 Kellie Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:57:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/#comment-3026 I'm sooo jelly that you met some of my favorite bloggers. That's it - I'll be there next year. And COUNT ME IN for the Greening Committee! Seriously, I want to meet the person who actually uses the Michelin Man keychain. Kinda. I’m sooo jelly that you met some of my favorite bloggers. That’s it – I’ll be there next year. And COUNT ME IN for the Greening Committee! Seriously, I want to meet the person who actually uses the Michelin Man keychain. Kinda.

]]> By: Susan http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/comment-page-1/#comment-3016 Susan Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:03:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/#comment-3016 Hey Beth-- about that PLA:<br/>There’s only one player in the PLA game: Cargill, a behemoth with a spotty enviro record that’s ever searching for new ways to use its GMO corn now that the Europeans don’t want it.<br/> You know that large-scale corn-production is highly energy-intensive, depends on fossil-fuel-driven vehicles, and uses fossil-fuel-based fertilizers and pesticides.<br/> Cargill-- the company that got busy cutting down the rainforest in Brazil to make space for its soy, until Greenpeace took notice and went to its biggest customer--McDonald’s (yeah, McDonald's!)— to pressure it to stop.<br/> Point is, corn monoculture by a corn monopolist should raise red flags among people touting PLA as the next best thing.<br/> Will enough concern will be raised about PLA products before they are so deeply entrenched in the marketplace that removing them becomes impossible? Don't know. Call me the first Chicken Little. <br/>Susan Hey Beth– about that PLA:
There’s only one player in the PLA game: Cargill, a behemoth with a spotty enviro record that’s ever searching for new ways to use its GMO corn now that the Europeans don’t want it.
You know that large-scale corn-production is highly energy-intensive, depends on fossil-fuel-driven vehicles, and uses fossil-fuel-based fertilizers and pesticides.
Cargill– the company that got busy cutting down the rainforest in Brazil to make space for its soy, until Greenpeace took notice and went to its biggest customer–McDonald’s (yeah, McDonald’s!)— to pressure it to stop.
Point is, corn monoculture by a corn monopolist should raise red flags among people touting PLA as the next best thing.
Will enough concern will be raised about PLA products before they are so deeply entrenched in the marketplace that removing them becomes impossible? Don’t know. Call me the first Chicken Little.
Susan

]]> By: Mary@inwomenwetrust.com http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/comment-page-1/#comment-3015 Mary@inwomenwetrust.com Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:14:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/#comment-3015 Hi Beth - wonderful summary. Yes, WAY too much plastic all the way around and not enough GREEN thinking. Offsetting carbon is offsetting to me as it's like throwing your trash "away" (outta sight, outta mind). Offsetting isn't a solution, it's a feel good bandaid, but at least it's a step.<br/><br/>I would be very interested in having a green bloggers meet up. There is much work to be done and we could be doing so much more, NOW. The most useful for society at large would be to blog on products that are certified as sustainable and encourage companies to make more. OR blog about services to buy instead of things. <br/><br/>Mary Hi Beth – wonderful summary. Yes, WAY too much plastic all the way around and not enough GREEN thinking. Offsetting carbon is offsetting to me as it’s like throwing your trash “away” (outta sight, outta mind). Offsetting isn’t a solution, it’s a feel good bandaid, but at least it’s a step.

I would be very interested in having a green bloggers meet up. There is much work to be done and we could be doing so much more, NOW. The most useful for society at large would be to blog on products that are certified as sustainable and encourage companies to make more. OR blog about services to buy instead of things.

Mary

]]> By: Condo Blues http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/comment-page-1/#comment-3013 Condo Blues Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:05:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/#comment-3013 I think it would be great to have a green/sustainable living/environmetally aware session at BlogHer next year. Wouldn't it be great if they had eventually worked up to hosting multiple green sessions like they do Mommyblogger sessions? <br/><br/>If that's the case, I'd definately volunteer. However, I'd be wondering thorughout the conference if my blog is green enough to be considered a true enviro-blogger. I think it would be great to have a green/sustainable living/environmetally aware session at BlogHer next year. Wouldn’t it be great if they had eventually worked up to hosting multiple green sessions like they do Mommyblogger sessions?

If that’s the case, I’d definately volunteer. However, I’d be wondering thorughout the conference if my blog is green enough to be considered a true enviro-blogger.

]]> By: Eva http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/comment-page-1/#comment-3010 Eva Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:06:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/#comment-3010 "So I filled up with lukewarm water from the bathroom sink, since it had one of those automatic fixtures without hot and cold knobs." I have always heard that warm tap water isn't for drinking leaching an bacterial issues - do you know anything about this? “So I filled up with lukewarm water from the bathroom sink, since it had one of those automatic fixtures without hot and cold knobs.” I have always heard that warm tap water isn’t for drinking leaching an bacterial issues – do you know anything about this?

]]> By: Vanessa http://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/comment-page-1/#comment-3009 Vanessa Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:20:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/schwag-twitter-at-blogher-08/#comment-3009 I was sorry to have missed you too. BlogHer was fabulous, but a little overwhelming at times. Next year for sure! I was sorry to have missed you too. BlogHer was fabulous, but a little overwhelming at times. Next year for sure!

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