After having quite a debate in a recent post (see comments) about the importance of third-party testing of products, we can all conclude that companies must be accountable for their products and actions.
Green Daily (a while back) shared The Six Sins of Greenwashing… and in my opinion, it works two ways. The comments section is pretty alive with one poster on a more than self-righteous ground, feeling that if you don’t move into use only a bus, stop buying anything at all and make your own food, cleaner and clothing, then you can’t make a difference. She says some relevant stuff but then follows it by saying that only a select few actually care about the environment.
That, to me, is greenwashing ~ the type that SCARES off people from making any difference in altering things along the way in their everyday lives; the type that teaches people that no matter what they do, they are irrelevant in the big picture ~ unless they foresake everything they know, as they have known it.
I, inspired by those that lead in this movement of social and environmental responsibility, believe that positive encouragement leads to great change. On the flip, gloom and doom motivates very few.
Mark Twain said (and I’m not the only one who LOVES this quote):
Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.
The sin she (the aforementioned commenter) commits is as bad as driving a 1985 Suburban and throwing your cigarette butts and Mickey D wrappers out of your window ~ she implies ‘You are not good enough and your difference Read the rest of this entry »
My Chapel Hill-aware buddy Courtney passed this link on for me: Meadowmont is Green.