Jan Wildeboer đŸ˜·Mar 16
Spring is coming. Time for a new broom. And why not make that broom a joyful statement? So thank you, Andreas BĂŒrsten from Germany @buersten for making this possible. Away with the dirt. In with smiles and support!
Show threadMimi

@jwildeboer @buersten

Mmmm... Isn't plastic the famous dirt which pollute everything all around our tiny planet, our brains included?

Mar 16 at 4:39pmWeb
Show threadJan Wildeboer đŸ˜·Mar 16
@A_Mimi Yes. And using wood is also disputable. I however made my decision that the statement is more important to me. But if you prefer: @buersten also offers brooms and brushes from natural materials, even vegan versions.
Show threadMimiMar 16

@jwildeboer @buersten

You know, there are natural dyes, plants, earths, used worldwide since at least prehistoric times.just like plant-based brooms.

The use of wood is a far lesser concern as these brooms will never be produced in large enough quantities to have an environmental impact comparable to that of these plastic ones that you find everywhere.

It is easy, indeed, to make non-polluting brooms: humans did so since the midst of times.

Show threadJan Wildeboer đŸ˜·Mar 16
@[email protected] Thank you for trying to shame me in public for my, as you seem to suspect, uninformed decisions and thus trying to add negativity to a post that was meant to make my followers and friends feel a bit better. I hope at least you feel better now :) Oh, and welcome to my blocklist. Have a nice day!
Show threadArmin HanischMar 16
@jwildeboer Your post did cheer me up and the other guy immediately got a special place in my blocklist also.
Show threadJamesMar 16
@A_Mimi I hope your home is ENTIRELY without any sort of avoidable plastic for you to be so bold to shame someone for buying a rainbow broom made out of recycled material :)
Show threadMimiMar 16

@DrJLecter

In any case, it doesn't matter: by 2030, your attitude will have contributed to triggering the end of the industrial revolution, which, according to the famous 1972 Club of Rome study (The Limits to Growth), predicted to end before 2100—a study you're surely familiar with—was already underway.


unless you stop actively supporting pollution, which doesn't seem to be your goal.

The fact that it was a rainbow coalition would have been an excellent way to protect the LGBTQA+ community, but supporting plastic at the same time, as you're doing here, is quite the opposite, as if it were an attempt to make money off the backs of the LGBTQA+ community, for your own benefit and that of the plastics lobby.

“You destroy what you don’t understand.” – Jonathan Swift (speaking about humans, as a Yahoo Omrrh, in Gulliver’s Travels)

If, instead of trying to intimidate me, you had tried to better adapt to this reality, it would have been more productive for you.

It is still up to you.

Show threadJamesMar 16
@A_Mimi LMAO OMFG. What a sad person. How about you shame the big industry, capitalism, lobbyists and politicians. Jfc. Not a single person and not even the hundred or a thousand people buying that broom will be responsible for destroying the planet. You fell for the capitalism scheme of blaming the single person instead of the system. To tell ME. A SINGLE person that MY ATTITUDE will have destroyed the planet is a very particular mind set that can go fuck right off. You don't know me at all. I do everything in my power lessen the burden humanity puts on this planet without being an eremit in the woods. But my power does NOTHING to kill this planet.
Me never flying again will not replace a billionaire circling the planet in his private jet every couple of days. Me never driving a single mile again will not offset the carbon emission of a billionaire and his fleet of cars and yachts. The SINGLE average person won't destroy the planet and it won't save it. You being here and blaming a person for buying a fucking broom that brings them joy shifts the blame from where it belongs. Hope you understand this some day. Until then I feel sorry for you and good riddance.
Show threadPaul J WegeMar 16
@A_Mimi
Before blaming others you should take the time to inform yourself a bit. Here is a description about the material used for the broom from the websit of the producer. If you are interested, you will find a way to translate it. I'm not interested to do that for you
"100% Recycling fĂŒr eine saubere Zukunft (kann auch wieder recycelt werden): Die auffĂ€llige, kunterbunte BestĂŒckung ist das HerzstĂŒck dieses Besens. Die Borsten bestehen zu 100% aus recycelten PET-Kunststoffen. Das macht den Besen nicht nur vegan, sondern auch extrem ressourcenschonend. Die PET-Borsten sind robust, langlebig und ideal geeignet, um Schmutz zuverlĂ€ssig aufzunehmen."
@jwildeboer @buersten
Show threadAndreas BĂŒrsten GmbHMar 17
@jwildeboer Lieber Jan, vielen lieben Dank, dass Du unsere kleine Firma so in Schutz nimmst - aber manche Kriege kannst Du nicht gewinnen. Ich bin so froh, dass wir hier nicht die Trolle wie von Facebook erleben - aber ich denke wir gehen den richtigen Weg und die User (auch solche) zeigen uns einen Weg. Ob wir den gehen können ist nicht sicher, aber es beeinflusst unsere Entscheidungen in der Zukunft sicherlich. WĂ€re nur die Politik so "weit" đŸ„č egal - ich wollte nur sagen, schone Deine Nerven❀
Show threadGyroplastMar 17

@buersten @jwildeboer

In jedem Fall habe ich wohlwollend wahrgenommen, dass ihr nicht nur Pflanzenfasern anbietet, sondern auch dort, wo die Verwendung dieser BestĂŒckung sinnvoll ist.

Leider habe ich gerade erst im lokalen Baumarkt einen Plastikbomber mit Stahldrahtreihe besorgt, um dem Gossenlaub zu Leibe zu rĂŒcken, bevor ich durch euch darauf gestoßen wurde, dass auch in dem Bereich bessere Alternativen existieren. Ist so mittelgut, verfĂ€ngt sich halt alles drin und wird mehr geschreddert als weggekehrt. Nun ja.

Bevor ich jetzt totale Straßenbesenredundanz schaffe, muss ich den Neuen erstmal aufbrauchen. Oder verschenken. :)

Ich glaube, dass eine stille Mehrheit durchaus wertschĂ€tzt, dass ihr Naturborsten preiswert und wo sinnvoll anbietet, ohne (fĂŒr mich) offensichtliches greenwashing. Diese prĂ€skriptive "ganz oder gar nicht"-MentalitĂ€t erstickt positive AnsĂ€tze eher, als dass sie motiviert, mehr zu tun.

Ich bin jedenfalls froh, eine Quelle fĂŒr meinen nachhaltige(re)n Besenbedarf gefunden zu haben.

Show threadAndreas BĂŒrsten GmbHMar 17
@Gyroplast @jwildeboer Danke - fĂŒr Deine lieben Zeilen ... ich weiß garnicht was ich da noch hinzufĂŒgen könnte. ❀ (Mein Kopf ist aber auch völlig dicht = Ă€h krank, kein Kater!)