Green Wash
This term was coined a while ago. James Martin in his recent book "The Meaning of the 21st Century" did a section on it. I like his explaination, so I quote it here.
"The world's multinational energy companies feel the need to tell the public how much they care about the environment. One of them invited me to visit its corporate headquaters in the Southern Hemisphere, which was hearalded as a green building. The building used only a few solar panels (its architect explained that it was cheaper to buy electricity from the electricity company), and it caught almost no rainwater. Both electricity and water in that region were artifically cheap, thanks to government subsidies. The profitable business decision was not to be ecologically correct. This is referred to as 'green wash' ".
This area highlights stories about our leaders and notables spinning us guff and green wash.
Please drop us an email or use the contact for is you know of any "green wash" stories you would like to share.
Blair Offsets
Blair Offsets!
Tony Blair, possibly the most disasterous, dishonest and incompetant Prime Minister Britain has had to suffer since the Sherriff of Nottingham, has promised to offset his carbon footprint from jetting around the world, both on officiall visits and all the freebie junket holidays he cadges off his mates and other people he has promised honours to.
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