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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Recycling’
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 »
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 [...]
Recycling Art: One Person’s Trash Is Another Person’s Inspiration
Posted in Art, Consumption Habits, Environment, packaging, tagged Consumer Habits, consumer products, Consumption, Environment, packaging, Photography, Recycling on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Art is a very specific mode of communication, and the way that photographs can communicate images, themes, events, and so on, can be incredibly powerful. I came across Heidi Leverty’s photography the other day by way of an ‘eco’ design show. Although her art is somewhat reminiscent of Chris Jordan’s work and his views on [...]
