Waterlogged: 2 Eco Chicks Check Out the “Eco” Umbrella Pot
Dear readers: Sara and I stumbled across this and six days later we’re still not sure what to think of it. When you come across a green product as useless as this, it’s easy to be rendered speechless....
View ArticlePrivate Jets & Going Green: All in a Day's Work for Prince Charles
I don’t know if it’s irony or hypocrisy that best describes that fact that Prince Charles is heading to South America next month to focus on environmental sustainability and climate change issues but...
View ArticleWhen Eco-Tourism Isn't
The good news is that there are more green-minded consumers than ever before and travel companies are taking note. The bad news in that in the rush to offer eco-tourism, sometimes the eco part gets...
View ArticleGreenwashing Earth Day
Green-wash – verb: the act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product or service. – TerraChoice Earth Day seems to have...
View ArticleCadbury Adds Palm Oil to Its Chocolate
As the recession cuts deeper into the profits of big food companies, many brands are downsizing their portions in a bid to cut costs. In some cases, they are also downgrading their ingredients. But as...
View Article9 Reasons to Stay Out of Starbucks
Starbucks: people either love ’em or loathe ’em. My husband likes their coffee and admires their business brains. I, on the other hand, can’t stand them for their homogenized, yuppie style. Having...
View ArticleOne for the Reference Section: Green Gadgets for Dummies!
We do love our green gadgets. But though we do profess more than a passing degree of eco-acumen, the reality is (shhh!) it sometimes takes an inordinate amount of time for us to truly understand what...
View ArticleTruth Be Told: Changes Coming in ‘Green’ Marketing Guidelines
In my local market I stand in the “not food” aisle and look at the dishwashing liquid. I remember an old TV commercial pitching presumably safe, “mild” Palmolive in which a manicurist, Madge, tells a...
View ArticleBamboo, We Hardly Know Ye
Getting acquainted with bamboo’s true environmental impact. When sustainable fashion first burst onto the scene, we were introduced to a number of “eco-friendly” fabrics, such as organic cotton,...
View ArticleThe Friday 5, Vol. 13
A weekly roundup of EcoSalon’s top stories. Angelika Dreams Organic (A.D.O.) clothing is all about feminine essentials for spring infused by the works of Monet, but it’s also one of the greenest lines...
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