Comments on: Greenwash Of The Week: Sierra Club Mailings. http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/03/25/greenwash-of-the-week-sierra-club-mailings/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Being Green. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:52:10 -0500 hourly 1 By: dhmeiser http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/03/25/greenwash-of-the-week-sierra-club-mailings/comment-page-1/#comment-20943 dhmeiser Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:30:27 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2328#comment-20943 "Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone" I think you are looking for something to gripe about with the Sierra Club. The club does quite a lot of good for the environment on the local state and national level, Inner city outings, service programs, legal actions, political endorsements for eco-friendly candidates. As well as lobbying for legislation and developing and distributing educational materials. It is the only environmental org where the members the primary source of actions, in other words (for the most part) the volunteers tell the staff what to do and not the other way around. For your mail problem are you sure it came directly from the club and not a mailing house which claims to be Sierra? There are several fundraising companies which use this tactic and then send in only a portion of the money. “Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone” I think you are looking for something to gripe about with the Sierra Club.

The club does quite a lot of good for the environment on the local state and national level, Inner city outings, service programs, legal actions, political endorsements for eco-friendly candidates. As well as lobbying for legislation and developing and distributing educational materials.

It is the only environmental org where the members the primary source of actions, in other words (for the most part) the volunteers tell the staff what to do and not the other way around.

For your mail problem are you sure it came directly from the club and not a mailing house which claims to be Sierra? There are several fundraising companies which use this tactic and then send in only a portion of the money.

]]> By: Flu-Bird http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/03/25/greenwash-of-the-week-sierra-club-mailings/comment-page-1/#comment-19525 Flu-Bird Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:45:26 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2328#comment-19525 Sierra Club completly sucks and only a freako maniac nuerotic would have anything at all to do with these bunch of blabbering stupidhead eco-freaks Sierra Club completly sucks and only a freako maniac nuerotic would have anything at all to do with these bunch of blabbering stupidhead eco-freaks

]]> By: David http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/03/25/greenwash-of-the-week-sierra-club-mailings/comment-page-1/#comment-19399 David Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:32:27 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2328#comment-19399 According to what I have learned, plastic in with paper can contaminate the paper recycling. And we don't have plastic recycling in town, so even if it did I would have to remove it anyway. If your recycling company says it is ok, then maybe it is. Just not sure how it is, because paper and plastic are recycled separately. :-) According to what I have learned, plastic in with paper can contaminate the paper recycling. And we don’t have plastic recycling in town, so even if it did I would have to remove it anyway.

If your recycling company says it is ok, then maybe it is. Just not sure how it is, because paper and plastic are recycled separately. :-)

]]> By: Corinne http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/03/25/greenwash-of-the-week-sierra-club-mailings/comment-page-1/#comment-19396 Corinne Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:18:24 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2328#comment-19396 Our waste company tells us it's okay to send the envelopes with the plastic windows. She did add they prefer if you take them out before hand but if you don't that's fine too. So my question is why do you say, "...doesn't ruin the rest of the paper with that plastic!". Are you making an assumption or do you know it's bad. Wondering cause I don't want to ruin the rest of the paper :) Our waste company tells us it’s okay to send the envelopes with the plastic windows. She did add they prefer if you take them out before hand but if you don’t that’s fine too. So my question is why do you say, “…doesn’t ruin the rest of the paper with that plastic!”. Are you making an assumption or do you know it’s bad. Wondering cause I don’t want to ruin the rest of the paper :)

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