Comments on: 10 brands that don’t deserve to declare themselves “green”

By: ecothreesixty.com

ecothreesixty.com — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:44:19 +0000

Always glad to see people who prepared to wipe of a bit of “Green-Wash”. Keep it up!

By: Adam Roy

Adam Roy — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:35:01 +0000

If you’re so sure that the food isn’t organic, report Driscoll. Companies that illegally label non-organic food as organic are liable for massive fines, at least $10,000 for each individual violation.

You can file a complaint here: http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateE&navID=Certifiers&rightNav1=Certifiers&topNav=&leftNav=NationalOrganicProgram&page=NOPFileaComplaint&description=Filing%20a%20Complaint&acct=nopgeninfo

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:49:51 +0000

Thw ord organin was mentioned in the Walmart article; however, organic is another misused word as the same with all natural, etc. Companies use these words to get people to buy wholesome un fertilized foods that are healthy. This is a lie.

Take Driscoll raspberries, strawberries and others in stores. I am sensitive to pesticieds and can tell when a fruit has it. I used to buy fruit at the local chain casue cheap. The fruit had pesicides. I then went to an organic food chain plus other stores that claimed the Driscoll fruit was organic, which means pesticed free. It wwas not and the lables were changed to say organic, but that was it. The food in Europe and over sees is real and better, here the FDA is a joke as with all other agencies.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:55:52 +0000

I think Aveda has been unfairly singled out here. This corporation was built on respect for the environment, and has been since I was a kid. I know of no other company, particularly in the beauty industry, with such a long time commitment. From their efforts to reduce packaging, choosing packaging made of natural materials as often as they can, to using recycled and recyclable materials as much as is humanly possible, they are light years ahead of any other company, organic or not. And more than other companies that use organic ingredients, Aveda sources their ingredients very carefully, setting up numerous cooperatives to empower women and those in poverty, creating cottage industries for them and promoting sustainable collection. They do not use slave labor or sweat shops like most other beauty companies. They are in fact the only personal care company at this time I trust to not exploit people or the environment. And the article you linked to certainly did not in any way support your argument.

By: Christina

Christina — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:04:37 +0000

It’s interesting to read this article from the other side of the BP oil spill. You had the hindsight to call out BP’s terrible choices, but so many people (including, unfortunately, me) didn’t understand the potential consequences until it was too late. Thanks for such a thought-provoking article.

By: C.A

C.A — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:22:22 +0000

I really enjoyed the article. Many consumers are blinded and so easily manipulated that the real green businesses are left to the side.

By: MikeO

MikeO — Fri, 07 May 2010 21:44:13 +0000

Not bad but I’m not sure how you single out Toyota as all car companies fight higher fuel efficiency standards and the fact they where one focused the first brands at least in America that focused on fuel efficiency and making dependable cars that let you hold on to one longer before resources have to be used to make you a new one. I’m not saying they are saints but their listing here is misguided.

By: Joel Owen

Joel Owen — Wed, 05 May 2010 07:49:03 +0000

the oil spill in Mexico would surely be one of the greatest environmental disasters for this year.~:”

By: Gurpreet

Gurpreet — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:26:58 +0000

Hmm…I wouldn’t call this article ‘education’ as other commenters have; more opinion. Especially with comments such as “many of their initiatives could be driven by cost and public relations” – keyword ‘could’ being very speculative argument there, as just one example (the article is full of other similar examples of why it’s more opinion than education). Mixed bag – I’m unsure if it does its own cause an injustice due to these imprecisions and speculative language.

Either way, it does do a good job of raising awareness of the fact that many companies are capitalising on ‘green’ image marketing (not least due to the vagueness of the commonly used terms, due to it sadly still being early days in terms of these efforts), with less than stellar, actually demonstrable, credentials.

By: somchai

somchai — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:38:37 +0000

Interesting, especially the Walmart green or not issue. I love having my conventional wisdoms stood on thier head., Wouldn’t they be more green by being more efficeint? Ecomomy of scale and what not. Everything comes from China wether it’s in Patagonia stores or Walmart.

My villian of the week, , the roof rack. Burning carbon to recreate.