Kleenex comes with more than a feeling

[nathaniel98765]

there's a specific reason paper wipes were considered an ADVANCEMENT in human sanitation and life expectancy... there's also a "magic" reason that people started living longer when toilet paper and tissues (and other related changes) came into the mass population. dare i mention that it doesn't matter how you reduce the usage of trees regardless of age if the human population spreads (due to natural reproduction and growth - you're also dumb if you actively try to get women to adopt)

[nathaniel98765]

@nathaniel98765 (because the more people that adopt the less that actually produce children - this would help the population growth but there's enough homosexual populations that it really is not necessary for a heterosexual couple to adopt with medical exceptions. which reminds me, conservation has it's implications but natural resources come back regardless, just alot later is all.

[cbale21]

wow...some people apparently feel strongly about kleenex.

[strikenetter]

for all these greenpeace people, how many trees were cut down to clear the lot for your houses, how many cut down to build your house, is your house made of concrete, chemicals there too i suppose, metal, gotta dig up the planet for that !! so what type of structure is your residence constructed !!!! vegetables !!! give me a break and look in the mirror , unless you are anything but a human being you are doing damage as well !!!! good commercial though !!! LOL

[GuitarGod1466]

who cares?

[farnishk]

So if I stop punching you in the face you thank me? That's what Greenpeace are doing, to one of the most destructive companies in the world, one that will continue destroying the ancient forests for another two years, with the blessing of Greenpeace.

[Darkstorms15]

i meant to do a thumbs down btw! greenpeace is a peaceful protest group! they dont harm anyone!

[Takemedead081]

wow well fuck you two we honestly dont have enough forests in the world? who cares if the forest is ancient so is dirt but people dont worship it and try to protect it.

[dementedkirby]

I can't believe some companies still don't have a recycling policy. I'd rather wipe my nose on a shirt sleeve than wipe with paper coming from an ancient forest. Boycott Kleenex.

[Alejandrito945]

KLEENEX DESTROY THE BOREAL FOREST !

[rebirthofthewild]

Pushing companies to change their policies regarding the environment is a good tactic to save the environment. But it is wrong that GP supports FSC.

GP supports "sustainable forest management". There is no such things as 'sustainable certified' ancient forest logging. To mitigate climate change, maintain ecological sustainalibity, maintain fully intact rainforest ecosystems and species, and survival of local rainforest inhabitants, we must be against the global ancient forest logging industry.

[Thinkforyourself11]

read eckhart tolles books, we can save the earth!

[WaffleMaster4]

FUCK YOU GREEN PEACE!!!!

[sploipo]

Thank God our men and women die in wars so that we can be well educated and give intelligent responses.

[WaffleMaster4]

green peace can kiss my ass.

[chcskater610]

and YOU can suck my ballsack

[tnucytrid]

How truly sad it is that anyone would cut down ancient forests for any reason. And KC is doing it for facial tissue? Something is seriously wrong here. There are other more sustainable resources they could be using and they know it. Is there nothing more we could do here than vote for a video and make comments on youtube?

[dusteroo]

i like wiping with my hands anyways.

[HLuvs2Read]

Boycott Kleenex until they do right by the trees!!!

[ChrisEdition]

What jerks at KC. This is just as outrageous as when Pacific Bell was clear cutting ancient forests in British Columbia for pulp for telephone directories.

[spod49]

That (Pac.Bell) is so evil. Pls help spread the word about industrial hemp, a hardy annual that could supply most of the raw material for our paper, fiber, fuel and food needs. Legal to import, but illegal to grow. Why? Get the details by reading "The Emporer Wears No Clothes" by Jack Herer (free online on his website). Then contact your elected officials and ask them to support HR 1866, the Industrial Hemp Farming Bill, to remove this non-psychoactive crop from prohibition

[maggiesmith]

Do not buy Kleenex anymore!

[teenybeanz]

BOYCOTT KLEENEX!!!

[zorgenhoop597]

I don't buy Kleenex products!

[mfreijomil]

Ok, thanks UWrosesdawg.

[jaemet]

Wish commercials like this were as common as every other one that's says absolutely nothing. I only buy enviro-friendly products, including tree-free toilet paper and paper towels. It's easy to be green. People are idiots!

[kimps84]

BUY RECYCLED!!! there are some soft, great options out there pretty much at every store!

[Enidan321]

Boycott Kleenex and spread the word about the "virgin forests in every box"!! Lots of people are ignorant and have no clue what tissues are really made of!

[dmarladmarladmarla]

when one has some thing, another goes without.

[dmarladmarladmarla]

money is the root of all evil

[peasutoob]

People are the root of all evil.

There, fixed it for you.

[treegun]

GO GREENPEACE

[3scog3]

people need to grow hemp on golfcourses . . .hemp can be used for all these products . .. and also for medical and clothing and all kinds of stuff. legalize hemp. check out the THC ministry with roger christie. we can do without the golfcourses . . .and also have them as natural habitats for endangered species and wildlife .  TO HELL WITH GOLF . . .SAVE THE WILDLIFE!!!! okay . .whose gonna comment on this??

[gmm1111]

i write a comment and it's censored? i said if you make a point to work with these people, find a tree farmer that will help us out and let the 'sacred ' Rain Forests and Ancient trees rest the way nature intended..what else are we going to use is not the best question when the environment is in trouble, it's what can we do to keep a necessary industry going without disturbing the land ..plant tree for tree..use hankercheifs, ..No more fighting though..Ecology First is Humanity First..

[gmm1111]

what else would you make kleenex from? how about a contract with a land owner that grows trees in north america that would plant a new tree each time? couldn't use old christmas trees so why not compromise..No Rain Forests or tree Sanctuaries though..Ancient as well as others Are That Sacred!!____Humanity First

[wishing4commonsense]

Make them from recycled paper or Industrial hemp, a hardy annual that could supply most of the raw material for our paper, fiber, fuel and food needs. Legal to import, but illegal to grow. Why? Get the details by reading "The Emporer Wears No Clothes" by Jack Herer (free online on his website). Then contact your elected officials and ask them to support HR 1866, the Industrial Hemp Farming Bill, to remove this non-psychoactive crop from the DEA's clutches.

[vegemini]

This company is an environments disaster. Buy recycled goods.

[craftne]

We are consumers, business gives us what we want. So stop wanting stuff. Really take stock of the stuff you buy, and the stuff you toss in the rubbish bin. Every bit of plastic that was ever made is still with us. Don't use paper towels, buy thin toweling and use and wash and use again and again. Do you throw away lighters, phones, wiring, pens? This mess, it's just as much our faults, just blindly consuming and blindly tossing away. Like I said to the previous poster: Google Pacific Gyre.

[3scog3]

yeah . .if you have to blow your nose . .or sneeze . .just blow it into your hands . . .then wash your hands in the sink . .a . .. then wipe t on a clean towel. now . . .the thing is . . .i have to use toilet paper . . .and sanitary pads . .and tampons. i have to. is there another way . . .dried leaves, right? old leather? that can get pretty gross . . .the best thing is to just QUIT HAVING BABIES AND ADOPT KIDS AND PETS PEOPLE. USE BIRTH CONTROL. WAKE UP.

[piratequeen357]

In reply to 3scog3's

" . . .i have to use toilet paper . . .and sanitary pads . .and tampons. . .. best thing is to just QUIT HAVING BABIES AND ADOPT KIDS AND PETS PEOPLE. USE BIRTH CONTROL. WAKE UP." YEAH! I agree to everything in CAPS! heh people look at me funny when I say "stop reproducing and 'recycle kids' "-adopt. and uh strange of me to say, but I recently discovered that they make cups that women use... instead of tampons and sanitary pads... just throwing that bit of info out there....

[girlinlouisiana]

Can they make soft feeling tissue paper from recycled paper, maybe by adding skin lotion? I hate to see trees disappearing from the earth. The recycled product should be economical for us, too.

[craftne]

Why buy disposable anything? Go to a department store, buy handkerchiefs and wash them. Stop creating rubbish to overflow the landfills.

Have you googled Pacific Gyre?

[lisachimi]

Because of them going to Canada and cutting down ancient forests I have stopped buying ALL Kimberly Clark products 2 years ago and I will not buy them ever again. How many trees did they kill for this? Too many when they DO NOT replant the forests with their original species. They plant cheap pine trees IF they plant at all...

[gimpergirl]

great ad -- when will these big corporations realize that they CAN make a good product without harming the environment? IF they make it, we WILL buy it.

[ourdevelopingworld]

Excellent. Really draws you in and then saps the message.

[judithsoldyess]

What is also needed isn't just on the part of consumers to reduce/end our purchases of these and other products that are a danger to the environment, but for large chains like grocery and drug stores to start carrying better alternatives as well.

[Sulien77]

I haven't bought ANY Kimberly-Clark products for quite a few years, just because of their policy of using wood from old growth forests for their paper products. There are brands available out there that use recycled paper and that is what I buy.

[Mitkotaichi]

Save the forests!

[pedrology23]

Exposure of Kimberly Clark is critical. We should all be using TP made from recycled material, including loggers like the one stereotyped in the ad. Unfortunately the ad pits blue collar stereotypes against white collar stereotypes. This issue should not fall on the blue collar/white collar line. Forests are important to all of us. The ad could have been less divisive had it pitted the industrial scale of Kimberly Clark logging practices against multiple sectors of society (i.e., all humanity).

[floridapotter]

My family and I as well as our friends pledge NOT to use Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, and Viva until KC adopts greener sourcing for their disposables!!

[joycekochanowski]

Kimberly-Clark, maker of Kleenex, has launched a big marketing campaign to try and tell consumers that it "Feels good to feel" their tissues. But with virgin forest in every box, Kleenex comes with more than a feeling. So we a video of their own to counter their ridiculous campaign.

[kimciotola]

Business ethics hardly exist anywhere in this day and age, but that doesn't mean that can't be changed.

[mfreijomil]

I agree doctorjacobi, what are the alteranitves?

[UWrosesdawg]

Go to the gp website, they have a list of the greenest toilet paper products.

[sorwoggpm]

That is awful. I'm never using kleenex until they stop cutting down forrest.

A snotty nose isn't worth the habitat of millions of creatures.

What happened to business ethics? Did they cut those too?

[LiamDonov]

Do you live in the United States? Business ethics have pretty much never existed in the United States.

[shivanirani1259]

I can't believe them...shame on stupid kimberly clark!!!!!!! i'm never staring a kleenex in the face ever again!

[bbuc1]

Cute ad but it would have a lot more impact AND credibility among valuable rural people (who your ad agency unwittingly ignores and or loses here) if the chain saw wasn't a dinky little back yard version used for twigs and branches.

Imagine that scene with a 4 foot long chain saw. Now THAT would have been really freaky, and even more effective as it drove home the point with noise, power and danger.

[vstasov]

Thank you for your good work. I'll never buy Kl-x or Ch-n again. An outrage!

I've also been told that 'recycled' can mean left-over branches from old growth trees. Post-consumer means something else. Can anyone clarify?

[spod49]

Post-consumer means a percentage of the new paper is made from waste paper that goes from housholds & businesses to the recycling center, then to a business that makes it into new paper products. You can look for "post-consumer recycled" on the products' boxes.

[vstasov]

Thank you for the information. Is there any way to tell what that percentage is? What if it's only 20% post consumer and the rest is from a 500 year old tree?

[spod49]

Usually you can check around the recycle symbol & it will tell you. We can only do as well as we can. Industrial hemp, a hardy annual that could supply most of the raw material for our paper, fiber, fuel and food needs, is legal to import, but illegal to grow. Why? Read "The Emporer Wears No Clothes" by Jack Herer (free on his website). Then contact your elected officials and ask them to support HR 1866, the Industrial Hemp Farming Bill, to remove this non-psychoactive crop from prohibition.

[pinkbluebell1956]

I will not and have not bought products from Kimberly Clark,I check out the companies who listen to what their customers want and who wants the forests chopped and at what expense?

[doctorjacobi]

I would like to hear some more helpful, practical alternatives! I do care about old growth forests but have also grown accustomed to daily comforts - lotion kleenex and soft TP for reasons of comfort. And I am certainly someone who takes measures for the environment (don't have a car, take public transport, use cold water, follow the three R's etc... Do I have not better options than a hanky? and rough TP? If so, we need to demand better products. In this day & age, there's no excuse...

[wishing4commonsense]

Industrial hemp, a hardy annual that requires little or no pesticides or fertilizer, could supply most of the raw material for our paper, fiber, cellulose plastic, fuel and food needs. Legal to import, but illegal to grow. Why? Get the details by reading "The Emporer Wears No Clothes" by Jack Herer (free online on his website). Then contact your elected officials and ask them to support HR 1866, the Industrial Hemp Farming Bill, to remove this non-psychoactive crop from the DEA's clutches.

[weezy6814]

shame shame shame on Kleenex.That's just plain rotten!

[Wolawol]

That might have been more effective if I'd spelled hygienic correctly.

[Wolawol]

There's this really cool invention (of a few hundred years ago) called a handkerchief. Unhygenic? My dad still uses them. He is 88 and healthy enough to play tennis, swim in the ocean, and ride his bike.

[havocmangawip]

My dad still uses hankerchiefs too. They're surprisingly easy to care for. I even used to iron them when I was a kid... for practice. I loved it.

Now I need some... I wonder if he'll part with a few, his are softer from being washed and washed. ;)

[tyborstyle]

I'd rather just wipe/blow my nose with my hand.... then rub it in the CEOs face

[karenvizer]

time to stop this and all the other madness on this planet

[abasketmaker]

Good tweet Karen, and timely with Earthday in a few days!!

[sandwalker25]

Kleenex is being reckless if they think we prefer to wipe our nose once is worth losing our ancient forests. Shame on them!

[JLM396]

I won't be buying Kleenex until they make some changes.  Thank you for the video.

[dereinzigartige04]

Stop the nonsense of wasting ancient forests!

[sheffilyn]

Main problem here is that few people seem aware of this when they buy Kleenex, which is often the only product on offer (which, if it is, I still don't buy it).

[alaskanmal63]

Hemp is a better product. Wake up America. It is a better product and it is the product to us if you want to Go GREEN... So Many products can be made from HEMP..

[dmm227]

This makes it sound like Kleenex is the only company that does this.

[johnozed]

Yay Freddie Rodriquez!

[LiveVegan]

Now if Greenpeace could only spend their money making commercials promoting a plant based diet for global warming. A recent U.N. report determined that raising animals for "food"

generates more greenhouse-gas emissions than all the cars, trucks, SUVs, ships, and planes in the world combined. It goes on to say that the meat industry is "one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from

local to global."

[sunspear21]

I stopped using their products and sent this video on to many. Kleenex, monsanto, exxonmobil are destroying the world and must be stopped before there is nothing left but dust and death...

[Royelen]

Dear Kimberly, Please don't touch our ancient forests. Love, Your Future POTENTIAL customers.

[Redead462]

I dunno, is Kimberly hott? I mean, just don't give her a cold I suppose, only time you have to worry about NOT touching a girl, right?

[blondjohn]

touch touch touch anything but kimberly clark i suppose

[ashleyvalerie83]

I applaud the creativity and message of this video, thanks for making it

[jep4730]

Great work Denny & Co. Say NO to Kleenex!

[L0425k]

haha nice vid - good message

[joemungo7]

is sorbent the same?

ppeace

x

[mushubug]

No to Kleenex

[sacredulous]

Please buy products made from recycled paper instead!

[no142day]

i avoid buying kimberly clark products at all costs. there's no reason they can't start selling recycled products.

[djsuperstar717]

great video

[MPBWYOM]

I'll never buy Kimberley Clark products again...!

[SHGBeans]

Good spoof. Screw Kleenex. When there's so many other alternatives, why do they have to destroy something so precious?

[AnaisMera]

I agree about the Hankies! We need to stop wasting!!!!!!!!

[CarynGraves]

There has got to be something else that Kimberley Clark can make their tissues out of, other than virgin ancient forests. Come on guys, the health of the planet requires these trees a lot more than you do!!

[wishing4commonsense]

There is. Industrial hemp, a hardy annual that could supply most of the raw material for our paper, fiber, fuel and food needs. Legal to import, but illegal to grow. Why? Get the details by reading "The Emporer Wears No Clothes" by Jack Herer (free online on his website). Then contact your elected officials and ask them to support HR 1866, the Industrial Hemp Farming Bill, to remove this non-psychoactive crop from the DEA's clutches.

[CarynGraves]

Just about anything would be better than what Kimberley Clark is doing, but I agree, that hemp is a wonderful solution. Thanks so much for your input! :)

[spod49]

Thank you for your kind reply. Please help spread the news :-) Am economy without hemp is like a three-legged stool that's missing a leg.

[deaneden79]

Bring back the handkerchief! Cause it's economical and fancy!  :-)

[SHGBeans]

I agree, halfway lol... I am so grossed out by dirty handkerchiefs. Walking around with a rag full of snot is just not for me. But I do not buy kleenex that's for sure!

[creamersrealm]

Neat spoof but it is true.

[rickgentry]

Kimberly Clark just keep on giving Greenpeace better material - KC, leave the forests alone already!

[TawnyPipit]

nice spoof...

[lorenmity]

I feel like Kimberley Clark needs to stop cutting down ancient forests to make disposable products.

[spod49]

They can. Industrial hemp, a hardy annual that could supply most of the raw material for our paper, fiber, fuel and food needs. Legal to import, but illegal to grow. Why? Get the details by reading "The Emporer Wears No Clothes" by Jack Herer (free online on his website). Then contact your elected officials and ask them to support HR 1866, the Industrial Hemp Farming Bill, to remove this non-psychoactive crop from prohibition.