Hummer gets second life as massive planter in Detroit thanks to CodePink

[Bozita]

Last Updated: June 21. 2010 2:52PM
Hummer gets second life as massive planter in Detroit

Detroit -- The burned-out body of a beefy, military-inspired sport utility vehicle is getting another life as an oversized planter in Detroit.

The peace group CodePink organized Monday's Hummer burial at the Heidelberg Project. The SUV is being painted pink and will be filled with plants and flowers to symbolize a more sustainable, green future.

The gas-guzzling Hummer began as a macho icon but for some became a symbol of excess, environmental ruin and tackiness.

Detroit-based General Motors Co. this year said it would let the brand die.

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From The Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20100621/AUTO01/6210396/1361/Hummer-gets-second-life-as-massive-planter-in-Detroit#ixzz0rWBdpiPv

[Brickbat]

1. Somehow, I don't think painting things pink is a terribly sustainable job.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. lol. good point

[Winterblues]

7. Well neither was putting flowers down the barrels of National Guard rifles

during the sixties, but the visual impact had international appeal. Does "visual impact" have any meaning to you at all. It is how Code Pink operates. They always go for maximum "visual impact" such as the gal holding up bloody hands to Condi Rice.. It is very powerful material..

[Brickbat]

8. This crabby-ass labor junkie sees a union-made vehicle buried in the earth and painted pink as a

mockery of what sustainability can be.

[geardaddy]

3. Why not recycle all the steel?

:shrug:

Wouldn't that be a better use of the ex-hummer?

[Nihil]

5. Yep ...

> Why not recycle all the steel?
> Wouldn't that be a better use of the ex-hummer?

... but it doesn't say "LOOK AT ME!" quite as loudly as some people
would prefer ...

:eyes:

[geardaddy]

6. bingo.

;)

[kgnu_fan]

4. Go Code Pink!! Women for Peace!!!

Join CODEPINK at the US Social Forum!

The 2010 US Social Forum will take place June 22-26 in downtown Detroit. The USSF will convene social movements from across the United States and globally.

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