Comments on: BUMBERSHOOT 2008: The Plastic Bottle Greenhouse

By: Tim Dunn

Tim Dunn — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:40:06 +0000

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By: pete@bevandesign.co.uk

pete@bevandesign.co.uk — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:26:42 +0000

RE: glytch Says: ‘It’s great that people are trying to re-use things, by why re-use something(or use it at all) that’s poisonous to you? I wouldn’t want my green house built from something that would harm me if i ate it.’

Surley you would not want to eat the glass that my green house is made of?

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FIVEFOOTWAY.COM | Thai Temple Built From One Million Recycled Bottles — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:09:09 +0000

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By: Jac

Jac — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:19:38 +0000

It does make a great playhouse…but about the bottled water issue, i only buy them at places where even the locals will tell u their tap water is not safe to drink and a hot kettle is not provided.

By: glytch

glytch — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:22:46 +0000

It’s great that people are trying to re-use things, by why re-use something(or use it at all) that’s poisonous to you? I wouldn’t want my green house built from something that would harm me if i ate it.

By: NaturallyEarth

NaturallyEarth — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:39:24 +0000

I know it’s a greenhouse, but wouldn’t it be great as a kids playhouse too? Just the unique factor alone would have the neighborhood kids buzzing.

By: TimDunn

TimDunn — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:38:22 +0000

There is a third alternative – making conventional plastic biodegradable. There is a new plastic that is cheap, strong, biodegradable and recyclable. It is used to make oxo-biodegradable plastic garbage bags and other disposable items.

By: rimotori

rimotori — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:27:36 +0000

how funny! it’s a beautiful idea, and the interior view must be very interessant.

By: Aging Hippie

Aging Hippie — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:38:41 +0000

Fabulous! This Plastic Greenhouse reminds me of some of the glass bottle houses in the Old West. There’s one in Calico, CA, also one at Knott’s Berry Farm, and one near Albuquerque, NM.

Kind of inspires me to start collecting those plastic bottles…

By: Tabitha

Tabitha — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:22:09 +0000

Wow – that\’s amazing! I\’m glad that people are trying to raise awareness of the problem. I swore off water bottles several months ago and have not looked back. In fact, i can\’t imagine not using my \”SIGG\” bottles – they\’re fantastic and make the water taste so fresth!
from Tabitha @http://www.fromsingletomarried.com

By: Steve N. Lee

Steve N. Lee — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:52:54 +0000

It really is obscene the wastage we can attribute to bottled water sales. Some cities have even banned the sale of it in public buildings (I believe Ottawa is one, but I may be wrong). We need definitive action like that.

I wouldn’t mind but so many studies have shown that the quality of water sold is no better or even worse than that you get out of your kichen tap! Just shows how the corporations can manipulate people into wasting their money on things they don’t need.

I was expecting a more substantial structure from the picture of the greenhouse on the front page but every littl helps so I wish Jasmine all the best with her campaign.

The only problem is, if people can’t buy disposal bottles of water whenever they want, will the sales of carbonated/fruit drinks in plastic bottles/cans go up and we’ll see more of those going into landfills?

It isn’t only an end to bottle water we need to see, it’s an end to disposable culture!

Steve N. Lee
author of eco-blog http://www.lionsledbysheep.com
and suspense thriller ‘What if…?’

By: internetswasyes

internetswasyes — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:31:40 +0000

This seems pretty cool, but the whole “Fragile” sign gives me very little confidence in something like this working out without more processing.

It seems like this is not strong enough to live outdoors. Maybe if the bottles were cut, the squares stiitched together, and then everything was put on a frame, it would be much more functional.

I guess I have my own project…

Internets Was Yes