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Can you trust organic dairy products?
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...
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Greenwashing fun with disposable diapers
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...
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How eco-friendly are biodegradable products?
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...
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Stick it to fake organic products!
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...
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Are pink products making you and the planet sick?
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“....
View ArticleWhat to do about annoying greenwashing bloggers?
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...
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Do Famous Environmental Activists Owe Consumers Anything?
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...
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Kroger decides organic confusion is the way to go
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:...
View ArticleCornucopia Institute Challenges Dr. Alan Greene’s Conduct
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...
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