Warm wishes to all of you for a healthy, happy, inspiring and fulfilling new year!
Thank you for all of your notes, questions, comments, and most of all, the dialogue many of you are having with each other on this blog. I encourage all of you to continue the conversations that have started - the more we share, the more we learn.
I have just added a handful of useful links and resources for more information to the front page of the blog - relevant websites, books to read, videos of this story, etc.
I will address many of your emails and posts over the next few days. The response to this story has been enormous so please be patient.
I appreciate how much many of you are enjoying this. That's a big part of the point. We can all have fun and enjoy finding creative solutions to the realities of our world we want to improve and the challenges we want to face.
More to come soon....
ari
The good thing about your information is that it is explicit enough for students to grasp. Thanks for your efforts in spreading academic knowledge.
Posted by: term paper writing | August 16, 2009 at 11:08 PM
This is something i was looking for very creative idea
Posted by: Term Paper Writer | July 24, 2009 at 06:01 PM
Am I missing something? Doesnt it stink? If my trash is left around the house for a week, we are holding our noses around here. I have six kids and two dogs, and there is no way I could try this. But, I am concerned for the health of this man. Dont certain things beccome toxic when they ferment and fester after so long? And what about maggots and bugs? Those get in my trash after three or four days. Isnt that unhealthy? Roaches? Mice? Both of which carry diseases. Thats why we have a city dump, to house all those things there.
How is this a good idea, when it may put health and safety at risk. Or is he cleaning off the garbage before he stores it?
I am curious to know, and to view photos.
Posted by: Myckelle Williams | January 04, 2008 at 07:01 AM
Why is it that people commend this? How can someone read Ari's project and just make a post saying 'great job man!' and not have an overwhelming feeling that they create more trash than he does? I've been working on reducing my trash the past several months and have done very well so far, and I will always be trying to push that goal farther. Don't just make a lousy post to commend him. Post saying you will start reducing your trash now! Just do it!
Posted by: Andy | January 03, 2008 at 09:47 PM
these kinds of projects are so necessary right now. hopefully your efforts will inspire others to consume less just as they inspire me.
Posted by: t. | January 02, 2008 at 05:20 PM
http://www.tagesschau.de/schlusslicht/muellsammler2.html
now ur on THE german news site on teh web
Posted by: From dschermäni | January 02, 2008 at 01:41 PM
hey, congraturlations for this project. my only concern would be that people will not be shocked enough by the little trash you produce. i'm sure it's a lot less than average.
but on the other hand, this shows how clean trash can be...! (if you remove the organic part, as you explained)
cool!
Posted by: kathrin | January 02, 2008 at 07:16 AM
Congrats, Ari! I found this 'cause people who read about you have been clicking through to the interview I did with you and Eric a while back.
Posted by: Britt Bravo | January 01, 2008 at 06:48 PM
This is a BRILLIANT idea! Thank you so much for sharing, caring and bring light to the fact that the US really creates what seems to be an endless supply of trash! Consumerism and packaging filling and polluting everything in sight... I appreciate your journey, discipline and desire to look at your own contributions to the heap. We could all learn a lot of your example!
PEACE
Posted by: Mr Oneness | January 01, 2008 at 02:02 PM
WAY TO GO!!!!!
as a dweller on this planet and as an ecological theologian, I gotta commend you on this project...
staying well-tuned into your blog,
Leah
Posted by: leah | January 01, 2008 at 12:52 PM