EWWW! A MOSS BATHMAT

WOULD YOU LIKE A BATHMAT THAT'S MADE OF . . . MOSS???

You drive a hybrid car, you've exchanged all your light bulbs for the energy-efficient, fluorescent kind and, of course, you recycle. But if you don't have a bathmat that's made of MOSS . . . then you're still not doing enough to save the planet.

OK, so that's not entirely true. You can't buy a bathmat that's made of moss . . . yet. But if a Swiss designer named Nguyen La Chanh has her way . . . you'll be able to soon.

Now, I know what you're thinking . . . why in world would I want a bathmat made of moss? --Well, according to Nguyen, "The idea was to find a new way of having your plants inside. Not only plants in pots quietly standing in the corner of a living room, but alive plants evolving in the house.

"I think this mat would appeal to people who miss a corner of nature in their apartment, perhaps if they live in an urban environment, far from parks and nature areas. It's relaxing, feels lovely, is soft under the feet and doesn't need much care."

And how's this for "green"? The moss survives on the bathwater that drips off of your body . . . when you get out of the shower to towel off. (--Cool or gross? You decide.) (Daily Telegraph)

(--Check out some pictures of this bathmat made of moss. . .)