Comments on: Greenwash Of The Week: A $24.3M 15,000 Sq Foot “Green” Mansion. http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2010/03/10/greenwash-of-the-week-a-24-3m-15000-sq-foot-green-mansion/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Going Green. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kim Woodbridge http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2010/03/10/greenwash-of-the-week-a-24-3m-15000-sq-foot-green-mansion/#comment-23571 Kim Woodbridge Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:11:44 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2735#comment-23571 Soon the pharmaceutical companies will devise a way for us to live "green" by simply taking one pill a day ... Soon the pharmaceutical companies will devise a way for us to live “green” by simply taking one pill a day …

]]> By: Christine Esposito http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2010/03/10/greenwash-of-the-week-a-24-3m-15000-sq-foot-green-mansion/#comment-23570 Christine Esposito Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:58:02 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2735#comment-23570 This is such an example of ignorance about what green is, people not understanding -- or more importantly not taking the time to understand. I believe it's possible the person who sent that release did not know that this is not a model green project. No conception that how the site is treated, for example, is as much a factor as anything else. It's also another example of people wanting green to be simple. It would be so much easier if it were. But it certainly is not, which is much of our challenge. This is such an example of ignorance about what green is, people not understanding — or more importantly not taking the time to understand. I believe it’s possible the person who sent that release did not know that this is not a model green project. No conception that how the site is treated, for example, is as much a factor as anything else.

It’s also another example of people wanting green to be simple. It would be so much easier if it were. But it certainly is not, which is much of our challenge.

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