Fresh green links...

Not many links this week: did I miss something interesting going on in the world of green? If so, leave a comment and let me know! The Story of Bottled Water - Annie Leonard releases another one of her informative videos, this time about bottled water. Give it a look if you’re still buying the bottled stuff. The Plastiki sets sail - a boat made of discarded plastic, travelling from California to Sydney to show the...

How to spot greenwashing...

On Saturday I had a brief interview with Harvey Deegan on Perth’s 6PR radio station. We were chatting about greenwash, and I got a lot of interested reactions in my email and on Twitter about it, so I thought I’d post a little more about it here. More and more people are going green these days, making changes in their lives. And more businesses are doing the same, in order to save money and their workers’...

Should you dump your Sigg bottle?...

I’ve just read over at Treehugger.com about Sigg bottles having BPA in their old bottle liners, something they’ve been cagey about for a while. I’ve never been one to worry too much about chemicals in my food and food containers, but bisphenol-A is not nice and I can’t say that I’m keen on it. Sigg has admitted that their bottle linings contain BPA, but the level is below 2 parts per billion,...

Laundry balls, put to the test...

This weekend I borrowed one of those laundryballs to test out, they’re the ones you sometimes see advertised on tv in infomercials. They claim to get your clothes clean without the need for laundry powder, with one ball being reuseable for 3 years. This sounds great for environmentalists - no laundry powder means no phosphates in the water (making it safer for greywater use, or just as runoff into the system), no...

Anti-greenwashing campaign by Choice Magazine...

Thanks everyone for being patient while I sorted out my blog hosting. Sorry, subscribers: I think you got a test post that Wordpress sends out automatically upon install. Anyway, on with the new content…The other day Wilma from O2 mentioned that The Australian Consumers’ Association is starting a campaign against greenwashing in our supermarkets, and you can help by letting them know of any bad examples you’ve...

Mount Franklin - greenwashing or not?...

Hmm. I think this is greenwashing. What do you reckon? Mount Franklin bottled water is currently running a trio of ‘earth-conscious’ promotions. One is that you can win a Prius, and another is that you can win a trip to an eco-resort in the Daintree rainforest. The catch is that to enter, you have to buy a multi-pack (for the other two) of their bottled water. The third promotion is one where you sms them...