http://nathanbowers.com/technology/cow-pots-biodegradable-plant-pots-made-of-poop/ Demystifying Usability Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:05:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://nathanbowers.com/technology/cow-pots-biodegradable-plant-pots-made-of-poop/#comment-833 Britta Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:54:52 +0000 http://nathanbowers.com/?p=485#comment-833 I agree that much green innovation happens at the micro level. That said, real solutions to many environmental problems already exist--there is no serious further innovation needed in order to successfully address a significant number of environmental issues. Considering this, and, as you mentioned, the ability of companies like Toyota to quite literally get away with peddling Priuses less environmentally friendly than Hummers, it is imperative that heavy government regulation intervene at nearly all levels of society, from production, to consumption, to advertising. Imagining a laissez-faire green capitalist revolution in which brilliant new miracle products and organic cotton jeans deliver us from the imminent environmental catastrophe we most certainly face is not only fantastical, it's suicidal. I agree that much green innovation happens at the micro level. That said, real solutions to many environmental problems already exist–there is no serious further innovation needed in order to successfully address a significant number of environmental issues. Considering this, and, as you mentioned, the ability of companies like Toyota to quite literally get away with peddling Priuses less environmentally friendly than Hummers, it is imperative that heavy government regulation intervene at nearly all levels of society, from production, to consumption, to advertising. Imagining a laissez-faire green capitalist revolution in which brilliant new miracle products and organic cotton jeans deliver us from the imminent environmental catastrophe we most certainly face is not only fantastical, it’s suicidal.

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