April 22, 2009 by mike.

Whew! Just came across this website: The Bad Chemicals

It posts a daily cartoon and pushes the boundaries. Sorry about all the white space, my techie skills can’t make those go away.

clipped from www.thebadchemicals.com   the bad chemicals postcards from amerika March 6th, 2009 Baby Pictures

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April 22, 2009 by mike.

Slate ran this interesting piece about the consumer quandary in trying to go green versus the corporate wi$h to $tay in the green through labeling and marketry.

Bottom line, if you are shopping for environmentally responsible products, and you see a label that says green, don’t just toss it in the shopping cart. Taking an environmentally irresponsible product and reformulating it or adding a green dye and label does not make the new “green” product environmentally responsible.

Shop Smart. Shop S Mart. (hat tip to Bruce Campbell and to Slate and Amy Tennery)

clipped from www.thebigmoney.com The Four Biggest Enviro-Scams By Amy Tennery Posted Monday, April 20, 2009 - 5:41pm In greenwashing, as in life, there are seven sins. There’s the sin of the hidden trade-off, for example, the sin of vagueness, and the sin of no proof. So says sinsofgreenwashing.org, which takes on companies that offer seemingly green benefits–often at a hefty price tag–with little results. As the green trend continues, companies in almost every industry vie for a piece of the green market, even the embattled General Motors (GM) has taken a chance on its own green product initiative. But as the field of green products grows, so does the number of impostors. The following is a list of some of the most perplexing green products out there-and an assessment of just how scammy they might be: A few of the wares in the line also contain synthetic dyes, which were included because of what Clorox (CLX) Company representative Aileen Zerudo described as “consumer feedback.”

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