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Shady green stuff
The PodChicks | July 31st 2008 by PodChicks
I know that good marketing and advertising is key to selling products, along with Brand and product placement, however yesterday, while shopping with a client at “The Great Indoors” in Scottsdale, I had to take a second and third look at read more
A Green Bible?
Green & Clean Mom | July 31st 2008 by Green & Clean Mom
I own a Bible. A few of them actually. Tiffany from Nature Moms wrote a post about a “green” Bible that is going to be printed and it made me think a little more about our green religion debate. Oh, what a heated debate. Tiffany asked read more
Green Marketing: Of Sins and Scoring
CrowdSpark | July 3rd 2008 by Shingi
This post has been sitting as a draft for a while now, so I figure its not getting any better sitting and gathering dust. A few months ago, I had the opportunity to attend a CMA Ottawa presentation on The Six Sins of Greenwashing with TerraChoiceR read more
IzzitGreen.Com
Living In A Toxic World | July 2nd 2008 by Fe Butterfly
I just received an email regarding IzzitGreen.Com. It is a website that rates local businesses for how green they are along with how good they are to shop at. Currently it is local to the Boston area but it sounds like they have plans to expand. I read more
Greenwashing and Green noise
Living In A Toxic World | July 1st 2008
With all the media coverage of green issues and advertising of everything that is turning green a lot of green noise is being created. It is important for us as consumers and citizens to cut through it and find what is really green and what is relev read more
When Eco Tours Go Bad
Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea Lice, and Sunsets | June 24th 2008 by Rick MacPherson
CORAL's Hawaii Field Manager Liz Foote sent me some disturbing images she captured during a recent snorkel trip to Molokini Shoal Marine Life Conservation District and other snorkel destinations off Maui earlier this week. She was in the water with read more
The Food Problem
Living In A Toxic World | June 19th 2008 by Fe Butterfly
We all need food. That's obvious. The problem is getting good food at a reasonable price. In our house we have modified our purchasing over the last several years. Now we're hooked on these products that are supposed to be better for you and the read more
"Scuppies" and the Environment
Living In A Toxic World | May 8th 2008 by Fe Butterfly
Scuppie is a term that stands for socially conscious upwardly mobile person and defines a segment of the population. Fundamentally, scuppies want to do good but don't want to give up the luxuries and comforts afforded them by virtue of their income. read more
Toronto's Green Living Show
Living In A Toxic World | April 29th 2008 by Fe Butterfly
Over the weekend I went to the Green Living Show in Toronto, Canada. Loads of exhibitors, lots to buy and a few freebies, too. I was a little disappointed but maybe my expectations were too high. I was hoping for more information, activism and how read more
Signs of Greenwashing
Living In A Toxic World | April 28th 2008
Greenwashing is everywhere these days. Even Clorox has a line of green cleaners out there. What to do? For household cleaning vinegar and baking soda with a lot of elbow grease. If it won't rot it doesn't come home is what I think as much as poss read more
Tips On Earth Friendly Clothes Washing
amplified green | March 1st 2008 by clixy123
The days of the washing board are long gone and while modern appliances have made the chore of clothes washing somewhat easier, they’ve also encouraged excesses in terms of the amount of water we use, energy we consume and chemicals we release read more
The Ultimate Guide To Making Your Own Eco Friendly Washing Powder
amplified green | February 19th 2008 by clixy123
The case for making your own washing powder is strong; it saves the environment and it saves money. Bar soap, the main ingredient in your home made washing detergent, is extremely compact and transporting it from A to B is way more energy efficient t read more
Ecover’s Cleaning Products Are No Longer Vegan Certified (But T…
amplified green | February 14th 2008 by clixy123
If you want to improve your eco record dramatically, a switch to green washing detergents works miracles. There are many good products on the market and by far the best perhaps is Ecover, the Belgian headquartered international producer of cleaning m read more
Superbowl 2008 Green Initiatives
Living In A Toxic World | February 4th 2008
Watching a little bit of Superbowl 2008 made me think about the environmental impact of the event. I figured there would be some attempts made to minimize the impact and I was pretty sure there would be a carbon offset scheme as well. Who could put read more
Food, your diet and marketing pitches
Living In A Toxic World | January 31st 2008
Many of us are watching what we eat these days. Whether we are on a diet to lose a few pounds, have become vegans or buy products that are less stressful on the earth we are looking at things on the shelves a little differently. We still need to wa read more
New Product Labels
Living In A Toxic World | January 21st 2008
New product labels that indicate a products environmental impact may be hitting supermarket shelves. Last year U.K. retailer Tesco announced product labels that document the carbon footprint of a product. Apparently Canadian grocery retailer Lobla read more
Not Another Green Gift List
Living In A Toxic World | December 22nd 2007
This year you can find green gift lists everywhere. They're on the news, all over the web and in the newspaper. I wonder if the idea is to make everyone so sick of "Green" stuff that there will be a counter culture to the low consumption/green coun read more
Greensumption
Living In A Toxic World | December 21st 2007
I don't know much about the organization or individual behind this video but as far as I'm concerned Greensumption speaks volumes about the general perception on environmental issues. I do agree that changing consumption patterns can make a differe read more
Greensumption
Living In A Toxic World | December 21st 2007 by Fe Butterfly
I don't know much about the organization or individual behind this video but as far as I'm concerned Greensumption speaks volumes about the general perception on environmental issues. I do agree that changing consumption patterns can make a differe read more
Ikea Greenwash
Living In A Toxic World | August 23rd 2007
I just got an Ikea flyer in the mail. On the back of the flyer they have little notice about how they have 2 spaces reserved for hybrid cars or cars that get 6.5L/100km. Wow!!!! What a contribution from Ikea. They send me an unsolicited piece of m read more
Will the real greeny please stand up?
Living In A Toxic World | August 7th 2007 by Fe Butterfly
An excellent article I found from Alternative Consumer posted at Radar Online, called Green Fakers, goes into how hypocritical celebrities keep telling us how to live without doing the same thing. I know it is difficult to do it all but when you ha read more
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