Comments on: Readers, meet Blossom

By: fzylqltstqm

fzylqltstqm — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:46:30 +0000

By: Hunar

Hunar — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:27:34 +0000

I think the green mmevoent is brilliant. It was actually an idea brought about by a design student in 2008. He decided it would be a terrific way to unite the country as it is a very accessible color. A new trend is painting your hand green and then going around to various walls, and leaving a green handprint to mark your vote, in a sense. Very cool idea, good to see it being put to use, even with American supporters on Twitter. Great article too!

By: Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume Thirty Three. | The Good Human

Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume Thirty Three. | The Good Human — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:30:44 +0000

[...] one woman’s goal of doing just one green thing a day for a year. Smart, funny and ambitious. On October 1 she adopted a turkey. Funny, no? Keep up the great work, love reading about your daily [...]

By: Beth Terry

Beth Terry — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:15:17 +0000

I think teaspoon is right about the economics of saving turkeys. I think the better solution is to just not buy them in the first place if you want to save them from being dinner.

I’m a meat-eater. But I’ll only eat meat that I know has lived a happy life. Turkeys are bred to be food. They live and then die like the rest of us.

I’ve become much more okay with eating ethically-raised meat after reading Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. I highly recommend this book.

By: teaspoon

teaspoon — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:13:47 +0000

I’m a little skeptical about how this organization works. It seems to me that adopting turkeys to save them from slaughter won’t actually translate into fewer turkeys being slaughtered. When turkeys (such as yours) are taken out of the market, wouldn’t the laws of supply and demand dictate that more turkeys are then “produced”? I think it would be more effective to simply not eat turkeys, and encourage your friends and family to abstain as well.
But then, I’m not much of an economist.

By: healthycookie

healthycookie — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:41:58 +0000

I was totally expecting a big floppy hat with a flower on it circa the Blossom I knew of 1992.

By: pat farquharson

pat farquharson — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:04:39 +0000

That is a great site so I think I will donate as well as eat the turkey. My canine teeth are there for a reason! What do they do with all those turkeys that they are cuddling? I am not sure what to think about ‘saving’ farm animals that were bred to eat.