<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Green products largely guilty of greenwashing, says study]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by John former Marine http://www.grist.org/article/greenwash/ Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:13:51 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/greenwash/1 why am I not surprised?

Pass the organic, free-range turkey!

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Pass the organic, free-range turkey!

]]> Comment #2 by danielbell http://www.grist.org/article/greenwash/ Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:47:19 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/greenwash/2 greenwashed

Check out the group focused on corporate greenwashing on Wiser Earth:  http://wiserearth.org/group/hypocrites

Wiser Earth is an open source directory of non-profit and NGOs.

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Check out the group focused on corporate greenwashing on Wiser Earth:  http://wiserearth.org/group/hypocrites

Wiser Earth is an open source directory of non-profit and NGOs.

]]> Comment #3 by jacobmalthouse http://www.grist.org/article/greenwash/ Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:31:10 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/greenwash/3 separating the good from the greenwash

It's not only the products. Ecolabels themselves are a key tool in sorting out the green from the greenwash even though there's currently no global standard in place for what constitutes an ecolabel.

That's why we just launched http://www.ecolabelling.org; to make it easier for producers and consumers to understand who is deciding what's green and to start the discussion on what it means to be a good ecolabel.

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It's not only the products. Ecolabels themselves are a key tool in sorting out the green from the greenwash even though there's currently no global standard in place for what constitutes an ecolabel.

That's why we just launched http://www.ecolabelling.org; to make it easier for producers and consumers to understand who is deciding what's green and to start the discussion on what it means to be a good ecolabel.

]]> Comment #4 by stopgreenpath http://www.grist.org/article/greenwash/ Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:16:17 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/greenwash/4 greenwashing of nrdc and sierra club!

if you think it's bad when a corporation does it, how bad is it when trusted environmentalists do it?  

i'm talking about the toxic tradeoffs sierra club and nrdc are making to support "renewable" energy by permanently destroying hundreds of thousands of acres of wilderness habitat.  sorry, how will that permanent loss ever renew again?

you can't destroy the earth and call it "saving the earth."  you and i know that, so why do they think they can get away with it?  do they really believe that "as long as it's not fossil fuels, it's inherently fantastic?"  please.

remote generation and transmission of power is a relic of the pre-PV past and it is only perpetuated to keep utilities' chokeholds on people and keep their profits rolling in.

stop the greenwashing.  demand aggressive positions on net zero building codes, PV on every roof and industry conservation programs.

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if you think it's bad when a corporation does it, how bad is it when trusted environmentalists do it?  

i'm talking about the toxic tradeoffs sierra club and nrdc are making to support "renewable" energy by permanently destroying hundreds of thousands of acres of wilderness habitat.  sorry, how will that permanent loss ever renew again?

you can't destroy the earth and call it "saving the earth."  you and i know that, so why do they think they can get away with it?  do they really believe that "as long as it's not fossil fuels, it's inherently fantastic?"  please.

remote generation and transmission of power is a relic of the pre-PV past and it is only perpetuated to keep utilities' chokeholds on people and keep their profits rolling in.

stop the greenwashing.  demand aggressive positions on net zero building codes, PV on every roof and industry conservation programs.

]]> Comment #5 by caterina939 http://www.grist.org/article/greenwash/ Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:54:48 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/greenwash/5 Not Surprised

Research, stemming my health issues, which led to my firm's the 100% Organic and 95% Vegan beauty line, absolutely left me literally going What the Hell!!!  I looked at labels for so called natural and organic, but saw synthetic  products listed.  My manufacturer has very strict instructions to only use natural plant sulfates for example and no fragrance or anything like that.  It is really wrong to mislead the public.  I wish I had understood all that I do now many years ago.  Firms and individuals have to come together, work together and set it right.

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Research, stemming my health issues, which led to my firm's the 100% Organic and 95% Vegan beauty line, absolutely left me literally going What the Hell!!!  I looked at labels for so called natural and organic, but saw synthetic  products listed.  My manufacturer has very strict instructions to only use natural plant sulfates for example and no fragrance or anything like that.  It is really wrong to mislead the public.  I wish I had understood all that I do now many years ago.  Firms and individuals have to come together, work together and set it right.

]]> Comment #6 by cigarettes http://www.grist.org/article/greenwash/ Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:44:31 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/greenwash/6 our rights

It's a pity and a cliche but, nevertheless that going green is reasonable and fashionable, it still does not pay in cash.
I can't rid of smoking for a long time. So, several weeks ago I've bought a new brand of cigarettes in a beautiful pack considering that the it might represent the quality inside. Oh! I was frustrated. Tobacco was so disgusting, it didn't even smell like  tobacco. I don't know what kind of admixtures were in those fuchsia cigarettes, and even don't want to. But I'm on the verge of getting out smoking all kind of tobacco products, not only fancy packed cheap cigarettes.

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It's a pity and a cliche but, nevertheless that going green is reasonable and fashionable, it still does not pay in cash.
I can't rid of smoking for a long time. So, several weeks ago I've bought a new brand of cigarettes in a beautiful pack considering that the it might represent the quality inside. Oh! I was frustrated. Tobacco was so disgusting, it didn't even smell like  tobacco. I don't know what kind of admixtures were in those fuchsia cigarettes, and even don't want to. But I'm on the verge of getting out smoking all kind of tobacco products, not only fancy packed cheap cigarettes.

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