It’s here again. Projecting Change Film Festival will be starting on Earth Day, April 22 and running through the 25th. If you’ll be in or around Vancouver, click here to learn about the festival and this year’s 15 featured documentaries.
Archive for April, 2010
Your Biodegradable Bag: Is Doing Something Really Better than Doing Nothing?
Posted in Consumer Commitments, Consumption Habits, Environment, Greenwashing, packaging, plastic, Recycling, Uncategorized, Waste, tagged Consumption, Environment, green, Greenwashing, packaging, plastic, Recycling, styrofoam/polystyrene on April 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been in a debate with myself for some time now. This debate was heightened when I ordered take-out and I received my food packaged in Styrofoam and contained in a biodegradable plastic bag. I chuckled to myself and thought “how misguided”. I’m often told that I’m too cynical, too critical, but as an environmental [...]
Starbucks Sharholders Shirking their Environmental Responsibility
Posted in Corporate Commitments, Environment, Environmental Marketing, fair trade, Greenwashing, human rights, Uncategorized, tagged coffee, consumer products, Corporate Commitments, Environment, Greenwashing, Recycling, sourcing, transparency on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last April I wrote about Starbucks’ commitment to their Shared Planet CampaignTM; the company’s pledge to source all their coffee ethically by 2015, to make 100 percent of their cups reusable or recyclable by that same year, and to increase their recycling efforts. Today, the Environmental Leader published and article exposing a recent vote at [...]
