Re: [GBlist] Milk Paint

["michael" <compostnow@telus.net>]

I guess if we are to really be serious about this and recognize where we
must head, the milk should be organic but probably is not. Therefore, it is
not a Green material, only a green material. Kind of funny imagining that
you are painting hormones, antibiotics, steroids and some other funky
chemicals on your walls. Wonder if they are considered VOC's. Milk is still
the best if you really feel you need to paint. I know many clients and
friends who simply avoid paint in the interior and have wood and windows. I
think we can allow both if we get serious about quality of our aesthetic and
practical materials of choice.


>
> On Wednesday, February 27, 2002, at 03:06 PM, Hyland Fisher wrote:
>
> > Most things i've read regarding milk paint are positive.  However I
> > might
> > interject that we consider where the milk comes from, we must consider
> > all
> > aspects of a product to consider it green.  Regular and oil paints are
> > both
> > bad for the producer/effluent and end consumer/environment but we must
> > not
> > adopt a speciesist view when considering a product.  If our goal is
> > truly a
> > sustainable planet, that includes all inhabitants.
>
> I certainly do consider where all the ingredients come from (as much as
> is possible), before considering a product green.  I am concerned about
> the lime, given its high embodied energy.  The milk I considered to be
> extremely green.  It is a natural, renewable, low embodied energy,
> non-toxic, locally available, material.  It does not involve killing the
> source.   A gallon of milk can be had for the input of a bale of a hay,
> and an output of tens of pounds of manure, and some amount of methane.
> What more green source for a material would you have us use?   The only
> thing better I can think of would be to to use nothing (which I am
> willing to argue, but its another argument).  If your concern is the
> enslavement of animals, I think that boat has sailed on that issue, and
> it is far larger an issue than type of paint.
>
> What characteristics would you say constitute an ideal green material?
>
> Thank You Kindly,
>
> Corwyn
>
>
> --
> Corwyn
> Kermit didn't know the half of it...
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>
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