In this Funny or Die video, two advertising geniuses come to help the Chevron executives plot to trick you into thinking they are going green when they are doing the exact opposite. Anatomy of a Greenwash from Paul Scheer
The following is a guest post by Erin Ely of Ely Organics. You can read more from her on her website or follow her on Twitter. Every year October is Fair Trade month. I support Fair Trade and have known about the fair trade movement for many years.If you don’t know about Fair Trade here [...]
Join me for an event that I hope will change the way we live today and in the future: TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch. This one-day event will bring together thought leaders from the fields of technology, science, arts and entertainment, design, activism, and business to discuss the global plastic pollution crisis. Together, the group will identify the problem [...]
Not really. And while I could end the article right there I won’t, because too many people have bought in to the idea that CFL light bulbs are going to kill us all. So, I wanted to clear up a few things for those who still think that CFL bulbs are bad and instead encourage [...]
It sure does seem like people left and right are jumping on the green bandwagon these days. Just look at the past figures and future projections for the Hybrid/Electric vehicle market: The reason growth at the turn of the millennium seemed stagnant is because of the limited supply of batteries necessary for an electric vehicle’s [...]
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission proposed changes to the methods that companies use to claim environmental friendliness. The FTC is currently reviewing its “Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims“, which was last updated in 1998 – well before “green” became a marketing catchphrase used to sell products. Some proposed changes include: – [...]
What do Monsanto, Cargill, Chevron, Shell, and Altria have in common? They are all huge donors to The Nature Conservancy. Seems The Nature Conservancy, an “enviro” org with billions of dollars in assets, has some very good rich friends who spend their days destroying the environment and our food supply. I was able to get [...]
