Great, In Theory
"In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations."
This quote comes from Great Law of the Iriquois Confederacy, and serves as the motto for the Seventh Generation company.
Based in Vermont (of course), Seventh Generation makes environmentally friendly products. I can get behind this. I mean, hell, who doesn't want a toxic-free home?
Among their product line are just two items I can't support, and it is with a heavy heart that I post anything negative about this otherwise worthy company. But alas...
First, the bathroom tissue, which is something I've always called toilet paper. I don't remember when marketers decided that bathroom tissue was preferable, but Seventh Generation follows this line of thinking. Perhaps, the company is looking to the future. Maybe seven generations from now, pranksters will go BTing instead of TPing.
But really, my issue with the tissue comes down to softness. I want to save the environment in the long run, but in the short term, I must yield to my ass.
The other even more problematic product is the laundry detergent. Their website claims a new formula, and perhaps I will give it another try, but the one time I used it, my entire wardrobe smelled like a combination of B.O. and patchouli. Hippies have many positive things going for them, but I would argue that personal hygeine is not one of them. Seventh Generation should strive to smell cleaner than a hippie.
I heartily endorse all of their other products. I mean, in seven generations, the polar ice caps will have melted and any survivors will be living in Kevin Costner's Waterworld, but it's nice to do what we can.
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posted by Dan G @ 11:38 AM
8 Comments
8 Comments:
Actually, I kind of like their TP. (Excuse me, "BT") I just get twitchy when it comes down to price. It's a little on the YEOUCH! side, as are most things good for the environment. (And we wonder why McDonald's is so cheap.) But I read in Sierra Club that we mow down, like, a million trees a month for freaking TP.(Shit! BT!)
SO I'LL KEEP BUYING IT! (I forgot to finish my sentence.)
Their BT costs more, but there's more to a roll, because it's not all fluffed up or "quilted" in the manner of most non-environmentally-conscious BT/TP. Another advantage versus other BT/TP is that there's a lot less dust, and no fragrance.
So that's two out of two B&E women readers in favor of 7th Gen. BT.
Well, chicks certainly go through more TP than dudes. So really, you're more responsible for the environment than I am, where TP (not BT) is concerned. Keep using the Seventh Generation, ladies. That way, men can have guilt-free pampered bums.
Their paper towels are not very absorbent. Or rather, they are extremely absorbent way too fast, which leads to immediate and unpleasant disintegration. I, too, am all for the green stuff...but not on the counter.
Having never tried the product myself I am not truly informed enough to comment, however I have to agree with you Dan that softness and comfort is of the utmost importance in Booty Paper (BP if you will) I have yet to stray from the ever comfy Charmin myself.
You are all knocking up the wrong tree! Forget TP and BP! Those are all yesterday! I have an invention called the Butt Sponge that is easy to use and more absorbent than anything currently on the market! It comes with a Butt Sponge Holder too! Steve Jobs can eat my ass! Fuck you, Bill Gates!
Get with it! Get a Butt Sponge!
(that's my motto!)
Mike!
Kayla and I are at an impasse when it comes to the quilted/non-quilted debate. And again, it is I who prefers the softer tissue and she who really doesn't seem to mind the sandpaper-variety tissue. Perhaps we have found the one area in which men are more sensitive than women. Hmmm...
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