tag:blog.goodguide.com,2009:/2009/4/17/seeing-through-greenwash-on-earth-day/comments Mephisto Drax 2009-08-26T23:03:33Z Glenn tag:blog.goodguide.com,2009-04-17:11127:13548 2009-07-29T01:12:38Z 2009-07-29T01:12:38Z Bindarri have released a report claiming Australia's first carbon neutral paper ENVI is a deceitful greenwash. ENVI paper includes pulp from Australia's native forests. These forests include the worlds most carbon dense forests, biologically significant forests, and water catchments. Bindarri outlines the "Sins of Greenwash" that ENVI have commited and discuss the loopholes ENVI use to claim that their logging is "certified" and "sustainable". Read More... http://www.bindarri.com.au/envi-carbon-neutral-paper/ NP tag:blog.goodguide.com,2009-04-17:11127:12937 2009-07-05T20:20:59Z 2009-07-05T20:20:59Z Hi Dara - Interesting article above! I read the pdf report 'The 7 Sins of Greenwashing' and I have something to say about using USDA certification for organic productswith reference to http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/02/AR2009070203365.html?hpid=smartliving If a lot of people use USDA organic certification as a guide and the integrity of USDA certification is suspect, I am curious to know if there is an alternative reliable benchmark that needs to be promoted. Also, since organizations like USDA are subject to pressures from the ag lobby, is there a way to recognize organic products by some form of peer review and rating process, akin to (say) product reviews on Amazon? Thanks!