Still sick and have been doing nothing but sleeping and laying around watching movies and (as of yesterday) Lost season 3. I have to admit, season 3 doesn’t suck as hard as the others but I am still skeptical at the return of the mysterious black cloud that can lift a man up and throw him across the jungle….. ya.  

Pictured above is a Sun Jar by Suck UK. I think it’s an awesome piece of sustainable design. You can read about it here. And thanks to Alan who happened to stumble on this site that sells green/sustainable products, we can all be a little more sustainable in our lives. I am absolutely in love with this site and am afraid I’ll have to open up the wallet for some things on there. Duh! I’ll have to link to the site…. Greener Grass Design.  

Now this is the segment where I get to bitch about something. We all know I love being about green design, sustainability rocks my socks, but I can’t help but feel weirded out by what I see on TV, etc. Now everyone and their mom are pushing the “Go Green” movement and I can’t help but feel that this is hindering it as much as it may help it. Is being sustainable the new fad? Every other commercial you see on TV is for a hybrid car, everything in the grocery store has a bright orange label that says “ORGANIC!,” and NBC recently had a “green week.” What does that mean?!?! They changed the little NBC peacock logo to all green and that week’s episode of The Office had Michael wandering around the Pennsylvania wilderness (with duct tape). I’m so confused! And it truly does make me sad. It’s one thing to be aware, but it’s another thing to act. This cannot just be another Hollywood trend!! 

People need to have more access to sustainable products, it needs to be more affordable, and sustainable design should not be some pretentious club where if you’re not wearing clothes made out of recycled wool from a German textile factory in the 1920’s then you’re not sustainable enough. I love that there is a universal move to be more sustainable, but America has jumped on the bandwagon a bit late and I can’t help but feel that they are trying to make up for it by force feeding it down our throats. Part of being more green is supporting local materials and resources, cutting down on energy, being aware of your surroundings, striving to make these changes because you don’t want the Earth to continue to die …. NOT buying handwoven rugs made with New Zealand wool (unless you live in New Zealand).

If anyone wants to share any literature, information, or opinions please feel free to do so. I want to know how you feel about this.