Article about the EarthTainer in Today's Oakland Tribune

rnewste · June 28, 2008

Well, the lead headline reads: "Container Envy"

Subhead: Popular EarthBox self-contained garden has new competition.

Nothing could be further from the truth! If they read the EarthTainer.org mission statement, I have NO intention of offering a product competitive with the good folks over at the EarthBox Company. I just want to offer a "Design Concept" for folks to evaluate, and self-determine if the design fits their needs. Along the way, it would be a good thing if users of the design then contributed to the Feed The Children Organization. That's it!

But I guess a simple message like that does not sell newspapers today!

My friend Michael S. Malone (author of "The Big Score", a groundbreaking expose on the birth of Silicon Valley) and I collaborated on writing press releases while I was at (an unnamed) Semiconductor Company several years ago, and the thing he taught me was that it is "perception" not "reality" that sells newspapers. How true......

Anyway, here's the link to the "Envy" article:

http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_9719406

Ray

http://earthtainer.org/Home_Page.html

amideutch · June 29, 2008

Rollin, rollin, rollin, keep those tainers goin. Need a european distributor Ray?

Ami

Sherry_AK · June 29, 2008

You made the Anchorage Daily News today!

June 28, 2008	#1
rnewste Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Campbell, CA Posts: 4,064	Article about the EarthTainer in Today's Oakland Tribune Well, the lead headline reads: "Container Envy" Subhead: Popular EarthBox self-contained garden has new competition. Nothing could be further from the truth! If they read the EarthTainer.org mission statement, I have NO intention of offering a product competitive with the good folks over at the EarthBox Company. I just want to offer a "Design Concept" for folks to evaluate, and self-determine if the design fits their needs. Along the way, it would be a good thing if users of the design then contributed to the Feed The Children Organization. That's it! But I guess a simple message like that does not sell newspapers today! My friend Michael S. Malone (author of "The Big Score", a groundbreaking expose on the birth of Silicon Valley) and I collaborated on writing press releases while I was at (an unnamed) Semiconductor Company several years ago, and the thing he taught me was that it is "perception" not "reality" that sells newspapers. How true...... Anyway, here's the link to the "Envy" article: http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_9719406 Ray http://earthtainer.org/Home_Page.html

June 29, 2008	#2
amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	Rollin, rollin, rollin, keep those tainers goin. Need a european distributor Ray? Ami __________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘...Holy Crap .....What a ride!'

June 29, 2008	#3
Sherry_AK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Alaska Zone 3/4 Posts: 1,857	You made the Anchorage Daily News today!