Toilet paper isn't even necessary -- we've got only 10 years left to save this planet

help! I cant find the device...I am dying to know what it is!

the suspense is killing me....what is it?

Haven't figured it out yet? Should be easy. It's funny, too -- at the Sustainability Breakfast, a roomful of environmentalists(?) couldn't figure it out, but at an Earth Day festival in South Surrey, 4 out of 4 lay people (albeit wildlife conservationists) guessed correctly.

Y ou'll likely be laughing when you see this, too. It is soooo simple. Hotels in France have them. Have I made it too easy, now?

Here's a little humour to help you along while you research this..

John Wayne Toilet Paper

An Indian walks into a trading post and asks for toilet paper. The clerk asks if he would like no name, Charmin, or White Cloud.
"White Cloud sounds like good Indian toilet paper," says the Indian. "How much is it?"
"$1.00 a roll," the clerk replies.
"That seems pretty expensive," responds the Indian. "What about the others?"
"Charmin is $2.00 a roll and no name is 50 cents a roll."
The Indian doesn't have much money so he opts for the no name.
Within a few hours he is back at the trading post. "I have a name for the no name toilet paper," he announces to the clerk. "We shall call it John Wayne."
"Why?" asks the confused clerk.
"Cause it's rough and it's tough and it don't take no crap off an Indian."

Toilet paper has been my albatros for year and, believe me, I have researched alternatives but at the moment I have much more urgent things to spend my time researching so please just tell us so we can get on with using it.

Hi, 

I don't know why Rob keeps this a secret.:-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidet 

 Regards,

Al Pasternak

Biosa[tm] Bokashi Composting
++indoor, odour free & more
http://www.greatday.ca

I don't think that is it! Rob says it is sround $30...surely a bidet costs more than that?

Hi Kate,

It is, honest. "Toilet paper isn't even necessary."

Rob spilled the beans to me when I pressed him on the point a few months ago. He was just as cagey in person. Only when I threatened to drive him home in my car did he tell me. [Kidding!! I don't own a car...]

Maybe it isn't $30 anymore, but I've seen models that fit on a regular toilet that can be used instead of the normal seat.

Al

Biosa[tm] Bokashi Composting
++indoor, odour free & more
http://www.greatday.ca

why does rob keep this such a big secret, i wonder?

Hi Kate,

By forcing you to research the possibilities, you will enrich your mind. The bidet isn't the only possibility. At our renewable workshops, kids often surprise us with real-world solutions that imho are superior to existing technology. The statement I'd like to make is this: I don't have the only solution -- if you do some Googling, thinking, you'll come up with something better than a bidet.

Now, if toilet paper is your "albatross" as one poster claims, surely a visit to a special tree at Queen Elizabeth Garden has given him/her some inspiration.

Or, as electric cyclist Byron Wong says: Just jump in the shower without wiping -- that'll save paper, too. Have I now shown that there is more than one answer to the question?

Let's not be intellectually lazy: The climate change problem is profound, and since mass extinction is at stake, be prepared to spend a little time on it. This planet is partly in trouble because of people who are too lazy to shut off engines, shut off stoves, shut off lights.. laziness is part of the problem, isn't it?

- Rob

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Pete walks into a store. He says to the salesgirl, "I want to buy some toilet paper."

She says, "What color?"

He says, "Give me white. I'll color it myself."

"Anybody Can Make Energy" is what we demonstrate in a fun way to kids from 6 to 60

I see there’s a fellow doomsayer blogging on this website. I’ve been awaiting a global catastrophe my whole life (I have my parents to thank for that). One day, however, I saw the movie ‘what the bleep do we know’. I’m not one to be easily seduced by movies and articles, however, I truly believe there is some truth in that positive changes are brought about by positive thinking. And although I still feel mass extinction looming, I try to focus all my thoughts on the positive changes that will occur in the next ten years and how much healthier the planet will become as a result.

it may not be linear like that. while a mass extinction is one (very real) possibility, is not neccessarily going to happen. as long as we are fixated (even if we trick ourselves by saying it is shelved way at the back of our minds) on an outcome, especially a scary one, we are having an impact on the present with those thoughts. what if we experimented with letting go of predicting 'the outcome' and used all of our individual resources to tap into what is right now?