Tag Archive: greenwashing

Products & Priorities

It seems like every time a new “green” product comes out, there’s a big debate about whether or not it’s actually good for the planet. Heck, it doesn’t even have to be a product that claims to be green. I’ve read more than my fair share of discussions about everything from Kindles (no more resource intensive publishing, shipping and retail) to electric cars to the latest green cleaning solution.

Greenwashing Our Way Towards Better Standards?

Greenwash: the practice of companies disingenuously spinning their products and policies as environmentally friendly, such as by presenting cost cuts as reductions in use of resources.  It is a deceptive use of green PR or green marketing. (Taken from the Wikipedia entry.) I got a letter in the mail from my mom the other day…