Comments on: Green Consumerism Is Still Consumerism; Useless “Green” Product Alert.

By: What It Doesn't Mean To Be Green. | The Good Human

What It Doesn't Mean To Be Green. | The Good Human — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:01:20 +0000

[...] are completely useless and unnecessary. If you don’t remember, a while back I wrote about a $328 can-crusher from Williams-Sonoma. It was being marketed as environmentally friendly because it, well, crushed your cans before you [...]

By: Let’s Make This EarthDay A Real Earth Day. | The Good Human

Let’s Make This EarthDay A Real Earth Day. | The Good Human — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:00:59 +0000

[...] going to be hard to avoid being greenwashed tomorrow on EarthDay. From machines that crush aluminum cans for you using electricity to “environmentally friendly” plastic bottles (what a joke, really – that’s an [...]

By: Shopping For The Sake of Buying Green Is Not Environmentally Friendly. | The Good Human

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:00:18 +0000

[...] our houses – we are being sold green versions of products that we don’t need at all – think aluminum can compactors sold as “eco-friendly” – and being told it is OK to consume as long as we consume [...]

By: CindyW

CindyW — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:49:42 +0000

Yeah, I am right there with you. The other useless green product alert is of course the “I am not a plastic bag” bag. The mimicking of Rene Magritte’s “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” is not even clever! Please stop waste material and please stop the urge to rake in green from the green movement.