Plymouth's Green Street Fair
Monday May 4, 2009
Plymouth is one of several communities in the Metro-Detroit area that hosts a festival in celebration of all things green. In its sophomore year, the Green Street Fair turned the water green in the Kellogg Park fountain, featured artwork that utilized recycled components and showcased hybrid and electric cars. While the festival is indeed unique, healthy and informative, what qualifies as "green" is still somewhat fuzzy. I might be missing something, but I don't get the inclusion of American Laser Centers and Sham-Wow as exhibitors.
Were there any other exhibits that didn't impress you as particularly green?
Exhibitor at Plymouth's Green Street Fair: Salt Sensations (Billed as a Natural Air Cleaner)
Photo © Laura Sternberg, Licensed to About.com
Were there any other exhibits that didn't impress you as particularly green?
Exhibitor at Plymouth's Green Street Fair: Salt Sensations (Billed as a Natural Air Cleaner)Photo © Laura Sternberg, Licensed to About.com
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“Women who are concerned about the environment may take additional comfort in findings from the survey confirming that laser hair removal can help conserve water. Of the respondents, 52 percent reported shaving with the water running the entire time. On average, they indicated they spend 10.9 minutes shaving, and they shave about 12 times per month. Assuming the average shower uses five gallons of water a minute, the average woman will be responsible for the consumption of 7,848 gallons each year just from shaving. That translates to 420,652 gallons of water over their lifetime-enough to nearly fill an Olympic-size swimming pool. The study found that only two percent of women shavers do not use water when shaving.”
Sham wow is an easy one…it eliminates the use of paper towels! The amount of paper towels that people use can be eliminated with the RE-USABLE sham wow that can be washed after use!
therefore, not as much waste.
The author is correct, there were too many companies unrelated to environmental initiatives. While ShamWow and Laser Hair Removal are ‘green’ in the very loosest of terms, the Dish Network’s participation (among others) is just wrong.
The inclusion is Sham-Wow is not loose by any means. The fact that it decreases the amount of paper towel needed in a household is very helpful to the environment. I see nothing “loose” about that.
Other exhibitors that didn’t exactly fit the description of an environmental helper probably helped fund the event or help support some of the more environmental exhibitors there.