Comments on: Sour Green Grapes http://blog.lunapads.com/2008/05/sour-green-grapes/ periods, politics & personalities Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:33:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Jarreau http://blog.lunapads.com/2008/05/sour-green-grapes/#comment-437 Jarreau Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:39:18 +0000 http://blog.lunapads.com/2008/05/sour-green-grapes/#comment-437 Hey Madeleine, That post is great, way to call out big corporations trying to hop on the "green bandwagon". I wanted to relay a website you may find interesting called <a href="http://www.izzitgreen.com" rel="nofollow">izzitgreen.com</a> It is a Boston-based site that rates local businesses, stores, services, restaurants, etc...based on how good they are, but also how green they are. It's a pretty cool concept and the content is user generated. It's definitely worth checking out. Keep up the great work! -jjw Hey Madeleine,

That post is great, way to call out big corporations trying to hop on the “green bandwagon”. I wanted to relay a website you may find interesting called izzitgreen.com

It is a Boston-based site that rates local businesses, stores, services, restaurants, etc…based on how good they are, but also how green they are. It’s a pretty cool concept and the content is user generated. It’s definitely worth checking out.

Keep up the great work!
-jjw

]]> By: Amanda http://blog.lunapads.com/2008/05/sour-green-grapes/#comment-429 Amanda Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:59:51 +0000 http://blog.lunapads.com/2008/05/sour-green-grapes/#comment-429 ... I didn't mean for that to sound so bitchy - I was just really excited to hear someone actually say "Shop your way to cleaning up the planet" … I didn’t mean for that to sound so bitchy - I was just really excited to hear someone actually say “Shop your way to cleaning up the planet”

]]> By: Amanda http://blog.lunapads.com/2008/05/sour-green-grapes/#comment-428 Amanda Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:57:53 +0000 http://blog.lunapads.com/2008/05/sour-green-grapes/#comment-428 I can't tell you how nice it is to hear other people actually recognizing that we can't shop the world clean or better. I swear I'm going to bomb the next "green" commercial I see on tv. It feels more and more like the green movement only caught on when it began to match up with affluence - "if I'm going to own too much stuff, at least it's eco-friendly, right?" When really, there isn't anything remotely eco or friendly about affluence. The thing that really gets me is that a lot when I read about a lot of these great new "eco" products, their usually outrageously expensive and figuring out where and who made them - i.e. are they ethically produced - can be really difficult. Who cares if your new sneakers were made with recycled tire rubber if the people making them are working crappy hours for crappy wages in a crappy polluting factory standing on land that in all likelihood used to be a forest? (And, that isn't to say that its always like this, its just an example.) It seems like being green, not being affluent, and concern for other human beings should go hand in hand. But somehow people have found a way to turn being "green" into another way to shop... and Earth Day into Christmas Pt. 2 a.k.a the Second Coming of The Messiah. I can’t tell you how nice it is to hear other people actually recognizing that we can’t shop the world clean or better.

I swear I’m going to bomb the next “green” commercial I see on tv.

It feels more and more like the green movement only caught on when it began to match up with affluence - “if I’m going to own too much stuff, at least it’s eco-friendly, right?” When really, there isn’t anything remotely eco or friendly about affluence.

The thing that really gets me is that a lot when I read about a lot of these great new “eco” products, their usually outrageously expensive and figuring out where and who made them - i.e. are they ethically produced - can be really difficult. Who cares if your new sneakers were made with recycled tire rubber if the people making them are working crappy hours for crappy wages in a crappy polluting factory standing on land that in all likelihood used to be a forest? (And, that isn’t to say that its always like this, its just an example.)

It seems like being green, not being affluent, and concern for other human beings should go hand in hand. But somehow people have found a way to turn being “green” into another way to shop… and Earth Day into Christmas Pt. 2 a.k.a the Second Coming of The Messiah.

]]> By: Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish http://blog.lunapads.com/2008/05/sour-green-grapes/#comment-427 Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:47:19 +0000 http://blog.lunapads.com/2008/05/sour-green-grapes/#comment-427 Hey, I'm tickled that the <a href="http://www.takebackthefilter.org" rel="nofollow">Take Back The Filter</a> campaign was mentioned on the Lunapads blog! And in an article about "greenwashing." You guys rock and so does your product. If I still had periods, I'd be an enthusiastic customer. Beth Terry <a href="http://www.fakeplasticfish.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.fakeplasticfish.com</a> <a href="http://www.takebackthefilter.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.takebackthefilter.org</a> Hey, I’m tickled that the Take Back The Filter campaign was mentioned on the Lunapads blog! And in an article about “greenwashing.” You guys rock and so does your product. If I still had periods, I’d be an enthusiastic customer.

Beth Terry
http://www.fakeplasticfish.com
http://www.takebackthefilter.org

]]> By: Madeleine http://blog.lunapads.com/2008/05/sour-green-grapes/#comment-419 Madeleine Fri, 30 May 2008 05:08:49 +0000 http://blog.lunapads.com/2008/05/sour-green-grapes/#comment-419 I should clarify that the image is not of my actual desk & magazines (I left my camera at my brother's house a couple of weeks ago - it's driving me crazy!), so the image used was simply a stock one to illustrate the point and was not intended to be actual. I should clarify that the image is not of my actual desk & magazines (I left my camera at my brother’s house a couple of weeks ago - it’s driving me crazy!), so the image used was simply a stock one to illustrate the point and was not intended to be actual.

]]> By: Debbie http://blog.lunapads.com/2008/05/sour-green-grapes/#comment-418 Debbie Fri, 30 May 2008 04:46:49 +0000 http://blog.lunapads.com/2008/05/sour-green-grapes/#comment-418 I couldn't help but notice in the photo, not only the paper wasted, on these glossy "eco" mags, but also the number that are wrapped in PLASTIC. I couldn’t help but notice in the photo, not only the paper wasted, on these glossy “eco” mags, but also the number that are wrapped in PLASTIC.

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