Comments on: When “green” bloggers help greenwash http://greenlagirl.com/when-green-bloggers-help-greenwash/ Urban environmental lifestyle blog in Los Angeles Tue, 22 May 2012 01:46:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/when-green-bloggers-help-greenwash/comment-page-1/#comment-453399 Siel Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:56:14 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=10142#comment-453399 Thanks for the 2 cents, everyone. I think it also didn't help that Lighter Footprint's painting as anti-poor and elitist a company that actually goes out its way to give jobs to disabled people. The ReBinder's assembled by <a href="http://abilityone.org/index.html" rel="nofollow">an AbilityOne certified disabled workforce</a>. Thanks for the 2 cents, everyone. I think it also didn’t help that Lighter Footprint’s painting as anti-poor and elitist a company that actually goes out its way to give jobs to disabled people. The ReBinder’s assembled by an AbilityOne certified disabled workforce.

]]> By: elisa brown http://greenlagirl.com/when-green-bloggers-help-greenwash/comment-page-1/#comment-453383 elisa brown Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:22:38 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=10142#comment-453383 Kudos Siel! This is one of the best, well thought out arguments for promoting the manufacturing and buying of green goods. I was very impressed by the research you did into existing mainstream products vs environmentally and human rights friendly products. As environmentalists we all have a responsibility of balancing human rights issues with environmental ones. In my opinion, the growing conciousness of society coupled by creativity and better technology can and will weed out the green washers and mainstream the sustainable products! Thank you for the time and insight you put into this blog post. It really resonated with me. Sincerely, Elisa Brown Kudos Siel!

This is one of the best, well thought out arguments for promoting the manufacturing and buying of green goods. I was very impressed by the research you did into existing mainstream products vs environmentally and human rights friendly products. As environmentalists we all have a responsibility of balancing human rights issues with environmental ones. In my opinion, the growing conciousness of society coupled by creativity and better technology can and will weed out the green washers and mainstream the sustainable products!

Thank you for the time and insight you put into this blog post. It really resonated with me.

Sincerely,

Elisa Brown

]]> By: Barent Roth http://greenlagirl.com/when-green-bloggers-help-greenwash/comment-page-1/#comment-453372 Barent Roth Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:56:26 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=10142#comment-453372 Keep fighting the good fight Siel! I agree with Beth - "If we as green writers don’t praise the truly green products and expose the greenwashers, who will?" Go get 'em! Keep fighting the good fight Siel! I agree with Beth – “If we as green writers don’t praise the truly green products and expose the greenwashers, who will?” Go get ‘em!

]]> By: Nancy http://greenlagirl.com/when-green-bloggers-help-greenwash/comment-page-1/#comment-453371 Nancy Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:55:01 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=10142#comment-453371 Thanks, Siel, for the long post and all your research. Thanks, Siel, for the long post and all your research.

]]> By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/when-green-bloggers-help-greenwash/comment-page-1/#comment-453370 Siel Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:54:33 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/?p=10142#comment-453370 I do think that essay makes some good points, but one thing I wish it focused on more is that often, it's the personal changes that actually lead people to get involved politically. I began with taking shorter showers, then got curious about the bigger issues about water in California, then <a href="http://greenlagirl.com/eating-local-in-a-drought-should-we-buy-california-rice/" rel="nofollow">wrote a post about it</a> and have been getting more involved with the issue (I'm going to an Environment California event tonight about wise water use -- right before Blogger Prom!). Personal change and political change are hardly mutually exclusive -- The two really work in conjunction with each other. I think it's the very people who start off taking shorter showers who push for laws like the water conservation mandates that went into effect in L.A., that helped convince the <a href="http://greenlagirl.com/eating-local-in-a-drought-should-we-buy-california-rice/" rel="nofollow">judge who made the ruling that farmers need to conserve water because salmon need water too</a>. I do think that essay makes some good points, but one thing I wish it focused on more is that often, it’s the personal changes that actually lead people to get involved politically. I began with taking shorter showers, then got curious about the bigger issues about water in California, then wrote a post about it and have been getting more involved with the issue (I’m going to an Environment California event tonight about wise water use — right before Blogger Prom!).

Personal change and political change are hardly mutually exclusive — The two really work in conjunction with each other. I think it’s the very people who start off taking shorter showers who push for laws like the water conservation mandates that went into effect in L.A., that helped convince the judge who made the ruling that farmers need to conserve water because salmon need water too.

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