Greenwashing

Cornucopia Institute Challenges Dr. Alan Greene’s Conduct

March 8, 2012

So, Dr. Alan Green, much loved celebrity pediatrician among the green set, is being accused of some pretty serious stuff by Cornucopia Institute. First of all, I wrote a much longer post about the accusations at Inhabitots, and I don’t feel up to rehasing it here. That said, if you want the full scoop head to Inhabitots. Still, since I’ve [...]

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Kroger decides organic confusion is the way to go

November 1, 2011

So, yesterday I grab the mail, start sorting it and notice a huge Fred Meyer flier. Fred Meyer is our local Kroger store here in PDX and we shop there often. Here’s the flier below… The flier states: “What’s the easiest way to enjoy all natural and organic? Keep it Simple. Naturally Preferred and Private [...]

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Do Famous Environmental Activists Owe Consumers Anything?

April 9, 2011

I don’t have cable television, which means I miss stuff, like commercials that feature eco-model/author/activist Summer Rayne Oaks as the new face of Aveeno. I found out after seeing a tweet about a Greenwala post on the topic. I looked around a bit more to make sure, and found that, yup, Oaks is working with [...]

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What to do about annoying greenwashing bloggers?

October 7, 2010

I run into greenwashing bloggers from time to time. Usually they just irk me a bit. But the blogger I saw tonight took the whole freaking cake and really made me insane. In fact, unless I post about it, I’ll probably just sit around and vent on the inside, which yeah, isn’t healthy. In any [...]

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Are pink products making you and the planet sick?

October 7, 2010

So, the other day my sister freaked out a little on Facebook. She was upset due to a post at Forbes where a woman blogger, in my sister’s words, “Bashes buying pink products to support breast cancer“. That’s true. This blogger was pretty much bashing pink products. Said blogger notes… “Breast cancer awareness month has [...]

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Stick it to fake organic products!

August 12, 2010

When I was 13 or so I read a book about women’s rights. In said book there was an order form for some awesome, “This offends women” stickers. You could use these stickers in stores, on products, a person – to label lame anti-female stuff. I loved my stickers. I know, I got started young [...]

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Green Glossary: Greenwashing

June 14, 2010

I talk my head off about greenwashing here at Growing a Green Family and yet I recently realized that I’ve failed to define it. That might be helpful, right? Greenwashing is an extremely complicated topic, depending on who you ask. There are die-hard examples of greenwashing I can point out but many people tend to [...]

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How eco-friendly are biodegradable products?

June 3, 2010

Biodegradable is certainly a hot eco-buzzword, but is it really all that eco-friendly? Is is so NOT eco-friendly that it borders on greenwashing when used incorrectly? Maybe. We see biodegradable goods all over the place. Some examples… Biodegradable diapers Biodegradable dishes made with potato, corn (PLA) or sugar (bagasse) Biodegradable chip bags Biodegradable bags Biodegradable [...]

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Greenwashing fun with disposable diapers

May 10, 2010

Greenwashing efforts are nothing new. However, the greenwashing campaigns that irk me most are the campaigns aimed at green parents and kids specifically. Disposable diapers are an excellent example of greenwashing targeted at parents. Diaper companies are pros at creating products that are 100% NOT eco-friendly then convincing parents to buy them based on the [...]

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Can you trust organic dairy products?

May 7, 2010

Although I continually read up on green issues and organic food issues, I can’t be everywhere at once or read it all and sometimes even I run into greenwashing I didn’t expect. Such as with organic dairy. Recently I posted about how to choose sustainable dairy products – which is kind of ironic because I’ve [...]