Po' Fish

i've seen a lot of water-conserving sinks and toilets online-- some better than others-- and it seems there are artists and architects who are set on creating nothing but eco-friendly work. it's hard to tell if they actually care about the environment's well-being, or if they're just aware that anything "green" is automatically in.

when i moved to san francisco, i was quickly introduced to the idea of filling a soda bottle with water and placing it in the tank of our toilet to conserve twenty ounces of water every time it was flushed. i think i did it less worried about water conservation and more worried about the ridiculously high bills.

anyway, here's the latest super-green-fish-threatening-water-conserving-sink. the idea is that you will feel bad about potentially killing your fish every time you go to wash your hands, and so you'll either stop washing them entirely or start using less water each time.

it's meant to be a fear and guilt-based eco-friendliness.

[via ohgizmo]

for the record, there are actually two pipelines: so the fishbowl never fully drains, and it does slowly refill itself when you've finished washing your hands. in other words, this water-conserving sink uses twice as much water as you use, and scares the shit out of a fish every time.

i don't know much about the environment, but i think if you've managed to create a sink that uses twice as much water while torturing a goldfish, you've probably created the most eco-unfriendly bathroom appliance short of an otter-pelt toilet filled with crude oil.

though i hear goldfish won't remember what happened a few seconds later. so maybe it's a great gift for gentle sadists.