Comments on: THERE WILL BE BLOOD http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/there-will-be-blood/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:10:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: For every semester, learn, learn, learn… « Media & The Environment http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/there-will-be-blood/#comment-2340 For every semester, learn, learn, learn… « Media & The Environment Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:12:05 +0000 http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-2340 [...] I learned a lot about my classmates, namely that Lauren doesn’t want you to procreate, and that if I visit Jennifer, I’ll probably just “hold it.” I also learned what to do if I ever somehow get my first period. [...] [...] I learned a lot about my classmates, namely that Lauren doesn’t want you to procreate, and that if I visit Jennifer, I’ll probably just “hold it.” I also learned what to do if I ever somehow get my first period. [...]

]]> By: jseverin http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/there-will-be-blood/#comment-2301 jseverin Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:42:46 +0000 http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-2301 Looks like this was a heavily discussed topic over on <a href="http://www.idealbite.com/tiplibrary/archives/bite_the_big_ones1" rel="nofollow"> Ideal Bite</a> as well! Looks like this was a heavily discussed topic over on Ideal Bite as well!

]]> By: There Will be Blood : Feelgood Style http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/there-will-be-blood/#comment-1913 There Will be Blood : Feelgood Style Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:20:33 +0000 http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-1913 [...] the Diva Cup for the past two years, I’m excited to share this guest post by Juliana. It was originally published on March 11, [...] [...] the Diva Cup for the past two years, I’m excited to share this guest post by Juliana. It was originally published on March 11, [...]

]]> By: j500 http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/there-will-be-blood/#comment-1149 j500 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:27:29 +0000 http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-1149 Ladies and gents, I am glowing with womyn pride! This is a fantastic discussion and illuminates all the places we can go green. Seriously, this was a big revelation for me. I actually did an interview with the head of The Keeper you can find online. I encourage all of you to keep asking yourselves what and where can we be healthier for us and the planet? This is the place to explore it all - the good, the bad, and the bloody. Simran Ladies and gents,

I am glowing with womyn pride! This is a fantastic discussion and illuminates all the places we can go green. Seriously, this was a big revelation for me. I actually did an interview with the head of The Keeper you can find online.

I encourage all of you to keep asking yourselves what and where can we be healthier for us and the planet? This is the place to explore it all – the good, the bad, and the bloody.

Simran

]]> By: shemme http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/there-will-be-blood/#comment-1141 shemme Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:40:32 +0000 http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-1141 Wow, what a great post. What aisle at the Merc are the fem products? I was just looking for this type of stuff last weekend, and never found it! I tried a cup-like thing, and had a horrific slipped-out-of-place experience. It was not pleasant...or pretty. Thanks for writing about something very important to all women everywhere! ~ Sarah H Wow, what a great post. What aisle at the Merc are the fem products? I was just looking for this type of stuff last weekend, and never found it! I tried a cup-like thing, and had a horrific slipped-out-of-place experience. It was not pleasant…or pretty. Thanks for writing about something very important to all women everywhere!

~ Sarah H

]]> By: julianat http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/there-will-be-blood/#comment-1136 julianat Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:08:51 +0000 http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-1136 I am very impressed and happy that you guys have wanted to comment on my post, I was afraid that the men might run the other direction on this issue! So I applaud your bravery on contributing to this conversation. Vince, The application of the "niche" idea to the cup is very interesting to me. Women for centuries have been using various item to deal with menstruation, from plants and sponges to evolving to tampons and pads. I think that the cup is the next step in this evolutionary process. The tampon industry has already created this niche, and I think that they are the culprits in monopolizing the market. If you go into, say, Walmart (general public place for consumption) do they give alternatives to tampons or pads? Maybe... but I bet you'd have to go to another section to find this, meaning you'd have to have prior knowledge about it. This is an alternative solution that not many women know about, and something that hasn't even crossed many women’s mind, and women have the right to know they have an alternative! Jennifer, I have definitely heard this idea before, and I've tried it as well! I have heard a lot of different debates for this and have had my own experiences. One of my plants completely died from me adding my menstrual blood, another completely perked up. I've also heard that the blood can attract unwanted bacteria as well that wouldn’t be good for the plant... Steve, I think the topic could be debated about Chlorine Dioxide, from many sites and in particularly from Treehugger.com, Chlorine dioxide "... settles in the fat cells of our bodies and stays there for the rest of our lives, building up cumulatively over time. Therefore, increased exposure means increased risk." Maybe this isn't carcinogenic, but it doesn't sound like something I would like to put up my vagina every month, would you? -Juliana I am very impressed and happy that you guys have wanted to comment on my post, I was afraid that the men might run the other direction on this issue! So I applaud your bravery on contributing to this conversation.

Vince,
The application of the “niche” idea to the cup is very interesting to me. Women for centuries have been using various item to deal with menstruation, from plants and sponges to evolving to tampons and pads. I think that the cup is the next step in this evolutionary process. The tampon industry has already created this niche, and I think that they are the culprits in monopolizing the market. If you go into, say, Walmart (general public place for consumption) do they give alternatives to tampons or pads? Maybe… but I bet you’d have to go to another section to find this, meaning you’d have to have prior knowledge about it. This is an alternative solution that not many women know about, and something that hasn’t even crossed many women’s mind, and women have the right to know they have an alternative!

Jennifer,
I have definitely heard this idea before, and I’ve tried it as well! I have heard a lot of different debates for this and have had my own experiences. One of my plants completely died from me adding my menstrual blood, another completely perked up. I’ve also heard that the blood can attract unwanted bacteria as well that wouldn’t be good for the plant…

Steve,
I think the topic could be debated about Chlorine Dioxide, from many sites and in particularly from Treehugger.com, Chlorine dioxide “… settles in the fat cells of our bodies and stays there for the rest of our lives, building up cumulatively over time. Therefore, increased exposure means increased risk.” Maybe this isn’t carcinogenic, but it doesn’t sound like something I would like to put up my vagina every month, would you?

-Juliana

]]> By: jkongs http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/there-will-be-blood/#comment-1131 jkongs Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:23:55 +0000 http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-1131 Juliana, I have to throw in a cheesy testimonial - the diva cup is always around, I have saved over $200 in tampon purchases since I switched, and (don't get too grossed out) I feed my plants the menstrual blood - an interesting blog on that subject <a href="http://greenthumbs.tribe.net/thread/58a9da21-8393-4f89-9278-61cbafb5eaa2" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Jennifer Juliana, I have to throw in a cheesy testimonial – the diva cup is always around, I have saved over $200 in tampon purchases since I switched, and (don’t get too grossed out) I feed my plants the menstrual blood – an interesting blog on that subject here.

Jennifer

]]> By: denzylj http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/there-will-be-blood/#comment-1128 denzylj Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:23:23 +0000 http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-1128 Juliana, brave of you to throw this up for debate. Like Vince, I feel awkward venturing any sort of contribution, but interesting that of the responses thus far, it's only guys weighing in. But I do want to say thank you for sharing so personal an issue and that in doing so you show an admirable appreciation for not wanting to add to, as you say "the waste generated by female hygiene products." I guess it's something we guys don't consider and if there's a lesson in this for any one of us, it's to consider how other "taboo" subjects can not only stimulate interesting debate, but lead to limiting waste in every aspect of lives in preference for utilizing more user-friendly environmental products. -Denzyl Juliana, brave of you to throw this up for debate. Like Vince, I feel awkward venturing any sort of contribution, but interesting that of the responses thus far, it’s only guys weighing in.

But I do want to say thank you for sharing so personal an issue and that in doing so you show an admirable appreciation for not wanting to add to, as you say “the waste generated by female hygiene products.” I guess it’s something we guys don’t consider and if there’s a lesson in this for any one of us, it’s to consider how other “taboo” subjects can not only stimulate interesting debate, but lead to limiting waste in every aspect of lives in preference for utilizing more user-friendly environmental products.

-Denzyl

]]> By: Steve http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/there-will-be-blood/#comment-1113 Steve Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:36:28 +0000 http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-1113 Chlorine dioxide does not create potential cancer causing degradation components; you have it mixed up with chlorine (bleach, gas, the white tablets). Chlorine creates dioxins and many other nasty byproducts. Paper mills changed to chlorine dioxide for the right reason, it's ecologically friendly and approved organic. Chlorine dioxide does not create potential cancer causing degradation components; you have it mixed up with chlorine (bleach, gas, the white tablets). Chlorine creates dioxins and many other nasty byproducts. Paper mills changed to chlorine dioxide for the right reason, it’s ecologically friendly and approved organic.

]]> By: vincemeserko http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/there-will-be-blood/#comment-1104 vincemeserko Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:38:12 +0000 http://mediaenvironment.wordpress.com/?p=517#comment-1104 Juliana, I'm not sure what I can contribute to this discussion, but I'll try. If we have the creative capacity to engineer eco-friendly menstrual blood receptacles then anything is possible. Time travel being next up. Being a boy, I have never really contemplated how utterly routine menstruation is. (I can already tell I'll look back at that last sentence a few weeks from now and chuckle heartily to myself). It honestly is, like you say, as regular to the routine of daily life as anything else. I think this also has relevance to my post this week. The makers of Diva Cup and the Keeper obviously poured (terrible pun) a tremendous amount of thought into the design of their product making it not only less wasteful but more comfortable and cheaper. I don't know the intricacies of the company, but I'm willing to bet these "cups" have found a profitable niche market. It relates to the "back in the box" approach mentioned in my post - the idea that an idea can take off and a business can be successful simply by creating something that has merit and solves a real problemm. The makers, through their own ingenuity, managed to take an essential health commodity whose environmental implications were doutbless overlooked due to the sensitivity of its use, and turn it into something not only better for the environment but better as a blood collector too. I'd say that's pretty remarkable. I'm off to the Merc to pick up my own now! Oh wait ... -Vince Meserko Juliana, I’m not sure what I can contribute to this discussion, but I’ll try. If we have the creative capacity to engineer eco-friendly menstrual blood receptacles then anything is possible. Time travel being next up. Being a boy, I have never really contemplated how utterly routine menstruation is. (I can already tell I’ll look back at that last sentence a few weeks from now and chuckle heartily to myself). It honestly is, like you say, as regular to the routine of daily life as anything else. I think this also has relevance to my post this week. The makers of Diva Cup and the Keeper obviously poured (terrible pun) a tremendous amount of thought into the design of their product making it not only less wasteful but more comfortable and cheaper. I don’t know the intricacies of the company, but I’m willing to bet these “cups” have found a profitable niche market. It relates to the “back in the box” approach mentioned in my post – the idea that an idea can take off and a business can be successful simply by creating something that has merit and solves a real problemm. The makers, through their own ingenuity, managed to take an essential health commodity whose environmental implications were doutbless overlooked due to the sensitivity of its use, and turn it into something not only better for the environment but better as a blood collector too. I’d say that’s pretty remarkable.

I’m off to the Merc to pick up my own now! Oh wait …

-Vince Meserko

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