http://thesietch.org/mysietch/keith Exposing Environmental Hypocrites Everywhere! Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:41:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Excuse the partial reposting of my own article, but because there is a big chunk about Greenwashing, and also that Climate Change Denial is one of the major manifestations of environmental hypocrisy, the article is extremely relevant to The Unsuitablog. And I also put an awful lot of work into it, ... http://thesietch.org/mysietch/keith/2009/07/02/from-the-earth-blog-the-logical-absurdity-of-climate-change-denial/ A new campaign was launched a few days ago, with the blessing of the United Nations: it's called Hopenhagen. There is clearly a huge level of creative genius behind the name (ok, I'm being sarcastic), as you can tell it is a portmanteau word, consisting of "hope" and "copenhagen", and ... http://thesietch.org/mysietch/keith/2009/06/27/hopenhagen-climate-greenwashing-with-un-approval/ Here is a press release that makes no sense at all: Dr. Hendrie Weisinger, a leading psychologist and the author of The Genius of Instinct: Reclaim Mother Nature's Tools for Enhancing Your Health, Happiness, Family, and Work (FT Press, 2009) says, "Today, being psychologically green means tuning into your instincts, getting ... http://thesietch.org/mysietch/keith/2009/06/25/the-joy-of-critical-thinking/ It's not just greenwash that gets me angry, anything that makes unqualified claims that could end up harming people or the wider environment deserves to be targeted: in this case it is a company I have already challenged on The Unsuitablog, Holland and Barrett. Not content with lying through their ... http://thesietch.org/mysietch/keith/2009/06/22/holland-and-barrett-saving-us-all-from-swine-flu/ Now, who said the airline industry don't have a sense of humour? Profits are falling, staff are being asked to take unpaid leave, airlines are being pilloried for their environmental impact, biofuels are being derided by the United Nations as greenwash and authorities, on the orders of airports, are being ... http://thesietch.org/mysietch/keith/2009/06/17/airline-industry-makes-hilarious-joke/ In the ongoing saga of the Baby Show and its organisers, Clarion Events, being the very same company that organises the DSEi arms fair, the campaigners seem to have hit an interesting, but not insurmountable brick wall. There is an ongoing effort to persuade the various sponsors of the Baby ... http://thesietch.org/mysietch/keith/2009/06/15/mothercare-support-arms-trade/ Kudos to Unsuitablog commenter and avid Flickr user, Toban Black for the neat bit of subvertising (admittedly not for real, that would be really cool) in the image above, and for lots of interesting photos on the subject of capitalism. I particularly like his notes on each photo, which include ... http://thesietch.org/mysietch/keith/2009/06/12/some-nice-flickr-stuff-by-toban/ Hot off the presses from the English Midlands (Leicestershire, to be precise) comes the source of an awful pun that I couldn't even leave until later in the article. Sorry. As a regular bus user, I do wonder why my legs always seem to be melting next to the heaters, even ... http://thesietch.org/mysietch/keith/2009/06/10/arriva-bus-uses-bizarre-techno-techno-fix/ Are you a budding journalist who really cares about the planet? Do you want to make a splash, while at the same time let people know how badly we are treating the Earth? Are you a hypocrite? Then you need to enter the Earth Journalism Awards. Send us your Best Climate Change Reports! Print, radio, ... http://thesietch.org/mysietch/keith/2009/06/08/earth-journalism-awards-win-a-flight/ I had a very exciting delivery yesterday: I had a new mobile phone (cellphone) through the post. It's one of those Nokia ones that flip out so you can use the mini keyboard to type messages, which is perfect for me because I have very small fingers to go with ... http://thesietch.org/mysietch/keith/2009/06/05/green-handsets-business-as-usual/