tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4351149635592475082.post8014309215932010718..comments2024-03-28T18:16:12.819-07:00Comments on What's Creative?: The Clean Bin ProjectCANlabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04697643394288614411noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4351149635592475082.post-12496956690347266442014-03-19T21:01:00.661-07:002014-03-19T21:01:00.661-07:00Conservation and reducing your own waste is an adm...Conservation and reducing your own waste is an admirable aim. However, I worry that Kaufman and Beghetto are not being as creative as they claim, because they don't look at the wider picture. When they went to restaurants for example, while they brought the food home in their own containers, they never looked to see what waste was generated by the restaurant in the creation of their meals, or whether it was recycled or composted as much as they were doing themselves. More importantly, many of their their practices are simply out of reach of many people. Most people, shopping at normal supermarkets such as Aldi cannot avoid the packaging on virtually every product. If you can afford to purchase top quality fresh ingredients, waste is much more easily avoided than the majority of people who cannot afford to pay substantially more for every meal. What this means is that the clean bin project is essentially impossible to replicate on a budget. While admirable, it may be more effective to focus on the prevention of waste generation at the producer end, and to encourage supermarkets and other places to reduce their use of non-recyclable packaging. This would enable all people to be able to reduce their environmental footprint without compromising their family's financial security.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259086639477812848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4351149635592475082.post-755343047687495932014-03-17T14:40:45.091-07:002014-03-17T14:40:45.091-07:00This was a fascinating project and exciting to rea...This was a fascinating project and exciting to read about. I think this project is a clear example of Kaufman and Beghetto's little-c "creativity," since it reflects the efforts of non-experts toward solving a less visible, everyday problem. In my Ecology and the Human Footprint class, we are discussing how one of the largest contributing factors to the garbage crisis is the relative ignorance of the subject enjoyed by the public. By choosing to pay attention to the incremental accumulation of garbage, and by limiting their own household waste, Rustemeyer and Baldwin have displayed true creativity, and inspired others to do the same.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02889165844401324727noreply@blogger.com