Savor this moment! It's the very last match up of Round 2!
Canvas Bags
Green Pride (17/20)
I think I mentioned this last round, but there aren't a lot of Green ideas that can be used as fashion statements. Canvas Bags are one of them. Bags can have fun slogans advertising how much better they are for the environment then their friends. They can have fun pictures that demonstrate how much better they are for the environment then their friends. They can even have advertisements for companies that are clearly better for the environment than the companies that your friends shop at. Basically, what I'm saying is that people are proud of their Canvas Bags.
Green Guilt (16/20)
People are pretty guilty nowadays when it comes to not using Canvas Bags. It makes it even worse that they always have the bags hanging there right next to the cashier, just staring you down as if they're judging you, saying "Why do you hate the environment?" I mean, you can almost picture their sad little puppy dog eyes boring holes through your soul.
Reader Comments (2/10)
For three!!! I mean... two!!!
Recycled Products
Green Pride (17/20)
You know how I mentioned that there aren't a lot of ideas that can be used as fashion statements? Well, you can use Recycled Products as fashion statements too. For example, I have a t-shirt made of recycled Coke bottles. People can also have book bags or hats or purses made of Recycled Products. And let me tell you, as someone who wears clothing made of Coke bottles, people who wear Recycled Products like to tell other people about their Green-ness.
Green Guilt (4/20)
There's not a whole lot of pressure from society to buy Recycled Products. It's mainly a voluntary thing. You know, kind of like extra credit. You can still pass (environmentally), but it would be a whole lot easier with extra credit (Recycled Products). Nobody feels guilty for not doing extra credit.
Reader Comments (0/10)
Just think! You, could contribute to the winner of this tournament!
Time to tally the scores!
Canvas Bags: 35
Recycled Products: 21
And there you have it! Canvas Bags really brings it hard to Recycled Products. Come on back next week when I start (and finish) the third round of the Tournament!
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Saturday, July 10, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Tournament Round 1, Match 15 - (3) Recycled Products vs. (6) Rechargeable Batteries
Time for (3) Recycled Products to take on (6) Rechargeable Batteries!
Recycled Products
There couldn't be a better match up! (I'm lying) Both of these embodies a vital way to cut down on the amount of waste going into landfills, but in totally different ways. Who will be more important?
Impact on the Environment (11/15):
Without Recycled Products (RP), there would be no Recycling. What else would we use Recycling for? The whole Recycling system would collapse if people and businesses stop buying RP. And that would mean a whole lot more going into landfills and a whole lot being mined from the earth.
Practicality (7/10):
The Pros: RP can be cheaper than virgin materials and can lead to shorter supply chains.
The Cons: Buying anything, even RP, when you don't need them is wasteful and can be worse off than not buying things at all.
Sustainability (9/10):
I had to give this the same rating as for Recycling itself because let's face it, you can't have one without the other.
Awesomeness (7/10):
Okay, I was going to give this a lower rating, but then I started thinking about my t-shirt that is made out of recycled Coke bottles and I realized buying RP can be pretty awesome, just not as awesome as Recycling itself.
User Input (0/5):
Nope, don't see anything here.
Rechargeable Batteries
Impact on the Environment (11/15):
While it's true, Rechargeable Batteries (RB) don't seem to have a huge positive impact on the environment because batteries are a relatively small part of the solid waste we throw away, let's look a little deeper. Batteries, when thrown away, leak horrible, gross chemicals that can get into the earth and kill of plants and animal life. Aaand, when you use RB, you cut down on how much of those gross chemicals that need to be mined out of the earth. So RB are a lot better than they seem.
Practicality (10/10):
Just pay the extra couple of bucks. It's worth it. I guarantee it.
Sustainability (8/10):
Honestly, non-rechargeable batteries wouldn't even be sold in stores any more if people just got to the point where they stopped living "disposable lives." There's no differences between RB and non-RB other than lower initial costs and higher long term costs associated with non-RB.
Awesomeness (3/10):
Meh. You don't even see the batteries once you put them into the... whatever it is you put them in. And I don't have any t-shirts about RB.
User Input (0/5):
Comment away!
Alright, let's tally those scores!
Recycled Products: 34
Rechargeable Batteries: 32
Oh, Rechargeable Batteries. So close, yet so far. Come back tomorrow to see if (2) Canvas Bags and (7) Carbon Credits can come this close!
Recycled Products
There couldn't be a better match up! (I'm lying) Both of these embodies a vital way to cut down on the amount of waste going into landfills, but in totally different ways. Who will be more important?
Impact on the Environment (11/15):
Without Recycled Products (RP), there would be no Recycling. What else would we use Recycling for? The whole Recycling system would collapse if people and businesses stop buying RP. And that would mean a whole lot more going into landfills and a whole lot being mined from the earth.
Practicality (7/10):
The Pros: RP can be cheaper than virgin materials and can lead to shorter supply chains.
The Cons: Buying anything, even RP, when you don't need them is wasteful and can be worse off than not buying things at all.
Sustainability (9/10):
I had to give this the same rating as for Recycling itself because let's face it, you can't have one without the other.
Awesomeness (7/10):
Okay, I was going to give this a lower rating, but then I started thinking about my t-shirt that is made out of recycled Coke bottles and I realized buying RP can be pretty awesome, just not as awesome as Recycling itself.
User Input (0/5):
Nope, don't see anything here.
Rechargeable Batteries
Impact on the Environment (11/15):
While it's true, Rechargeable Batteries (RB) don't seem to have a huge positive impact on the environment because batteries are a relatively small part of the solid waste we throw away, let's look a little deeper. Batteries, when thrown away, leak horrible, gross chemicals that can get into the earth and kill of plants and animal life. Aaand, when you use RB, you cut down on how much of those gross chemicals that need to be mined out of the earth. So RB are a lot better than they seem.
Practicality (10/10):
Just pay the extra couple of bucks. It's worth it. I guarantee it.
Sustainability (8/10):
Honestly, non-rechargeable batteries wouldn't even be sold in stores any more if people just got to the point where they stopped living "disposable lives." There's no differences between RB and non-RB other than lower initial costs and higher long term costs associated with non-RB.
Awesomeness (3/10):
Meh. You don't even see the batteries once you put them into the... whatever it is you put them in. And I don't have any t-shirts about RB.
User Input (0/5):
Comment away!
Alright, let's tally those scores!
Recycled Products: 34
Rechargeable Batteries: 32
Oh, Rechargeable Batteries. So close, yet so far. Come back tomorrow to see if (2) Canvas Bags and (7) Carbon Credits can come this close!
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