Articles tagged “Greenwashing”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Stop the Sniffles (and Deforestation) With Greenpeace's Recycled Tissue and Toilet Paper Guide By Jessica Root IN Food & Health Feb 23 2009 Just in time for winter's cold and flu season, the environmental organization Greenpeace just released its Recycled Tissue and Toilet Paper Guide ranking various brands of facial tissue, paper towel, toilet paper and napkins. + READ MORE

SmarterShade: A New Eco-Friendly Window Treatment You Can Afford By Eric Leech IN Tech & Transport Feb 18 2009 In this week's Green Inventors Series: We talk with Mike Stacey and Will McLeod of SmarterShade about their window tinting system which can change any glass window from clear to dark at the flip of a switch. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Dam Busters By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Feb 8 2009 ?Every morning when I awake I ask myself whether I should write or blow up a dam,? says author Derrick Jensen. ?I tell myself I should keep writing, though I'm not sure that's right. I've written books and done activism, but it is neither a lack of words nor activism that is killing salmon here in the Northwest. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Free Range Myth By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Feb 5 2009 As a vegan, I have no trouble declaring my feelings about the concept of chickens as food. For me, it's a case of the charred flesh of tortured and cancerous birds pumped full of hormones and antibiotics being mass-marketed to a nation of pawns with lawns. Usually, this is when the free range myth rears its ugly head. Isn't it better, they say, to eat chickens that were raised 'free range'? + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Eco-Blame By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Feb 4 2009 While riding the NYC subway, I saw an ad urging us-threatening us by law actually-to recycle in the name of saving the environment. It's amazing how the media, the corporations, and the government present ecology and energy conservation something that we should be doing. It's as if the earth would be in wondrous condition if we just didn't shirk our recycling duties. + READ MORE

BEST Battery Program Aims to Reduce Lead Battery Poisoning in Asia By Eric Leech IN Tech & Transport Dec 30 2008 The National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) combined with the support of the Lemelson Foundation provides $1.5 million to student and faculty programs and ventures annually. They sponsor today's featured inventive idea, The BEST (Better Environmental Sustainability Targets) Battery Certification Program. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Clean Coal By Mickey Z. IN Tech & Transport Dec 23 2008 If you found coal in your stocking this morning, don't kid yourself: it ain't clean. No matter what the president-elect might think, "clean coal" is a contradiction in terms. + READ MORE

Greenwashing By Team Planet Green IN Greensburg Jun 13 2008 By Mickey Z. Wanna drive an environmentally responsible car? Simple: Paint it green and call it a "hybrid." By the same logic, Judas Priest has written an eco-classic and Greenland is the world's enviro standard bearer. If all this sounds... + READ MORE

Can You Get a Ticket for not Recycling Properly? By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 12 2008 Adam is one half of the amazing duo, Ryan Adam. Not the singer, but two of my closest and most eco-reluctant friends. Adam rolls his eyes when I ask if he knows how many wine corks go into landfills or when I put my garbage in my purse if there's no recycling bin nearby. He'd much prefer it if I stuck to the topic of Britney Spears and her spiraling madness. + READ MORE

Can I Use Teak for My Hardwood Floors? By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden May 7 2008 Looking for green flooring options can be tricky, with claims of "green-this" and "sustainable-that" becoming increasingly popular in the marketplace. Here's how to find truly green flooring options. + READ MORE

Avoid Greenwashers' False Claims By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Dec 10 2007 How do you tell if a supposedly green product's claims are above-board and not puffed-up overstatements-or outright lies? Natural Home has some suggestions on how to spot any potential greenwashing before you crack open your wallet, including checking if any well-respected green-certification programs back up your... + READ MORE