Greenwash Archive

  • frog

    Making war ‘green’ - by frog



    The US Department of Defense is playing it’s part in helping clean up the planet by only buying bullets that are eco-friendly. The so called green bullets use no lead and are composed of a tungsten and tin alloy. Not only are they ‘greener’, but the bullets also travel faster, are more accurate and are [...] read more
    June 28, 2010 12:22 pm - 14 Comments
  • frog

    Farm Weka in order to save them? - by frog



    An enterprising farmer, Roger Beattie, is proposing that he should be allowed to farm Weka (and presumably Kiwi, etc), for sale to be eaten. Apparently “weka [were] delicious, and made chicken look bland and greasy in comparison.” That’s all well and good. Maybe they do taste good and maybe there would be a market for [...] read more
    February 5, 2010 1:00 pm - 51 Comments
  • Russel Norman

    The brand vs battery cows - by Russel Norman



    This is how we present our butter to the world: “Only our cows are free to roam all day long. Anchor – the free range butter company”. And this is cubicle factory dairy production – the battery cow. Or this: Cognitive dissonance anyone? read more
    December 9, 2009 7:56 pm - 62 Comments
  • frog

    MTV on Greenwash - by frog



    While I agree that you don have to be green to be Green, it does help, however, if you Party Vote Green. read more
    October 24, 2008 10:38 am - 2 Comments
  • frog

    Stuff inflames coal miles debate - by frog



    In a delicious attempt at greenwash, Stuff’s article on clean Pike River coal makes for hilarious reading. It claims that because Pike River has (wisely) decided to load the trains with coal a little closer to the mine, somehow there has been a miraculous reduction in emissions associated with the coal. Here’s the byline: CLEANER [...] read more
    June 18, 2008 4:02 pm - 8 Comments
  • frog

    Quick, get me a coffee! - by frog



    I find coffee culture a strange sort of thing.  It’s funny the way people are allowed to talk about coffee in exactly the same way that an addict to hard drugs is not – references to being ‘unable to function’ until they have had their coffee ‘hit’ or ‘fix’, getting rid of ‘the shakes’. Wellington [...] read more
    June 17, 2008 10:49 am - 9 Comments
  • frog

    Taxi company pulled up for greenwash - by frog



    It’s good to see the Commerce Commission taking a strong line against greenwash.  Yesterday it repremanded Wellington’s biggest taxi firm, Wellington Combined, for making false claims about fuel efficiency and reduced carbon emissions: Wellington Combined Taxis’ “going green” campaign aims to make it New Zealand’s first fully certified carbon-neutral taxi company. The website claimed its [...] read more
    June 10, 2008 11:32 am - 15 Comments
  • frog

    Greenwash by governments and Barbie dolls - by frog



    Greenpeace’s Bunny McDiarmid has an opinion piece in today’s Dominion post exposing the Government’s greenwash on World Environment Day [not online - but a similar Greenpeace story is available here]. She uncovers New Zealand’s massive and increasing greenhouse emissions, large scale deforestation, coal exports, and backtracking over the Emissions Trading Scheme. New Zealand is pretending [...] read more
    June 5, 2008 4:07 pm - 21 Comments