The Green Dollhouse

Surely the ultimate in green one-upmanship for all the Jocastas and Joshuas, is Plan Toys’ very model of a modern green dollhouse?

Plan Toys' Green Dollhouse

Gone is the Victoriana chintz, the tiny china tea-set and the traditional grandfather clock. Instead, your eco-conscious kiddies can now play with a wee wooden wind turbine, a pint sized solar panel and put their pretend (organic, of course) vegetable peelings into teeny tiny recycling bins.

I really want to like this house, I do. Why only recently I bought a Plan Toys puzzle for my nephew and it was beautifully made, plus their environmental and social policies are very admirable, but for me this has crossed the line from green chic, over to green smug.

Moreover, playing with this toy will apparently teach children “how appliances in the Green Dollhouse assist their daily life without damaging the environment. They will also learn how electricity can be generated from alternative natural sources such as the sun and wind.”

Really? I thought playing with a dollhouse should be just … playing? No?

Or maybe this is just my sour grapes because I never had such a fancy-dancy dollhouse when I was growing up. Not that I wanted one, of course. I made do with a cardboard box and a rusty nail. (Life was hard, you were lucky, etc., etc.)

(via NOTCOT.org)

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