I wrote about FIJI water back in November 2008 (see my article “Greenwash Of The Week: Fiji Bottled Water“), but this long, in-depth article over at Mother Jones made my head spin. While my article focused mainly on the greenwashing aspect of FIJI water, this article talks about an even darker side of the company [...]
Dear EarthTalk: I’ve heard that cars can be modified to run on water. How is this possible?
There are a number of online marketing offers of kits that will convert your car to “run on water,” but these should be viewed skeptically. These kits, which attach to the car’s engine, use electrolysis to split the [...]
This week’s Greenwash involves one of my favorite subjects – bottled water. Airtran, the budget airline, is now serving Icelandic Glacial in recycled plastic bottles that has been certified “Carbon Neutral”; by the bottler itself. While it seems that Icelandic Glacial has taken some steps to green up their product, using geothermal and [...]
Giveaway has ended.Great news – it’s time for another review and giveaway to the readers of The Good Human! This time it is a food grade, stainless steel bottle with a filter built right inside from EcoUsable. This bottle is BPA-free and non-leaching, and has a filter top which removes up to 99.99% of [...]
