Comments on: Slate SLAMS Planet Green, Goes After ‘Living With Ed’

By: Remy Chevalier

Remy Chevalier — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:55:21 +0000

There honestly hasn’t been enough negative press about Planet Green in my opinion, and it’s got me worried… No new project can reach great heights without the fuel of controversy fanning the flames. We should be out there writing our own trash talk under pseudonyms… it’s too eerily quiet. Something has to give… Planet Green needs a really good scandal to get it going… The New York Post endorsed the channel with big green letters. That was spooky… Why would the NYPost endorse a channel advocating alternative energy lifestyles when the newspaper is endorsing the relicensing of the oldest, dirtiest, nastiest nuclear power plant in the country? What is the relationship between Go Green Expo and Planet Green if Entergy bicytaxi were allowed outside the Hilton? Shakespeare had a line for it: “Something’s rotten in the state of Denmark!”

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:10:58 +0000

Words right out of my mouth Michael. a little optimism goes a long way Carmen.

By: jamie lynn

jamie lynn — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:32:11 +0000

amen michael. my husband and i are by no means upper-middle-class, but we recycle EVERYTHING, clean up after ourselves (and often after others, lousy litterbugs), reuse water, dry clothes outside, etc. Sure, we don’t have the money to throw behind solar panels (just yet), but that doesn’t mean that everyone in our tax bracket should throw their hands up and say “too bad earth! i’m not rich enough to care where i throw my burger king cup!”

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:45:39 +0000

I agree with Michael. Carmen should pick up a copy of “Go Green, Live Rich” by David Bach. What may seem expensive initially will save you in the long run.

By: GreenTV

GreenTV — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:41:18 +0000

SLATE loves GreenTV. Should we worry?

By: michael

michael — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:32:23 +0000

Carmen, I disagree. ‘Caring’ about the environment and ‘buying’ for the environment are two very different things.

Does it cost anything to compost? Recycle? Pick up litter? Support a candidate who will craft the best policy? Conserve water? Reduce energy consumption, etc.?

Buying green is still expensive, but that too will change over time. Caring for the environment and respecting the world we live in is just as accessible today as it’s always been.

By: Carmen

Carmen — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:53:37 +0000

Say what you want, but the truth is, only upper-middle-class people can really afford to care about the environment. I agree here.

By: Jennae @ Green Your Decor

Jennae @ Green Your Decor — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:35:09 +0000

Seriously, comments like this just make me smile. I bet he’s also the type to point fingers and laugh at a handicapped child tripping on a sidewalk or run over a puppy and not care. But I guess if there weren’t people like this who talk about something they know nothing about, I wouldn’t be able to have a big laugh at their expense either.

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