Comments on: Top 10 Green Labels Guide

By: Laura Lauffer

Laura Lauffer — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:27:53 +0000

Great list- a key concept is third party verification. I have used consumer reports Green Label program for years to really learn about the transparency and verification behind claims. I highly recommend their site.

For instance, can whole foods claim third party verification or are they verifying their own claims>

By: Giaccomo

Giaccomo — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:03:34 +0000

Liked the article but…. Smart Choices? The last that I heard, they were under a lot of fire for effectively buying the scientific basis of their campaign. Tufts University nutritionists backed out when they were being scrutinized for putting the “Smart Choice” label on boxes of Froot Loops.

So in the spirit of your article, why don’t we scrap #4, which is mostly a corporate ad campaign, and replace it with a label that designates sweat free working conditions (non-sweatshop made goods) such as UNITE? Agreed.

By: rdbois

rdbois — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:07:16 +0000

Courtney,

Perhaps you are thinking of FSC? Forestry Stewardship Council, the ecolabel that certifies forest management and chain-of-custody, and supported by most ENGOs and purchases throughout the world?

By: Liz Amason

Liz Amason — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:08:16 +0000

Don’t forget the Green Seal !

By: Check your Labels : The Lakes in the Village

Check your Labels : The Lakes in the Village — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:52:44 +0000

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By: Keep

Keep — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:25:04 +0000

Exploiting animals huh? Wouldn’t you say that if you raise a calf on your own, kept him in a warm barn, fed him the best organic hay everyday, let him roam 1000 acre fields, brushed his fur to keep him clean, never gave him any growth hormones, named him Buster and then shot him and ate him… that you expoited Buster?

Pretty hard to classify whats expoiting and whats not expoiting. Would you argue that the above is not exploitive? What if we changed the hay from organic to petroleum fertilized? Then we expoited the calf?

If you say any case is exploitive, then we need to talk to the sharks about eating seals… and we definitely need to talk to the grizzley bears about eating caribou. Especially the ones that have flurished along the alaskan oil pipeline. Pretty much a petroleum fertilizer for carabou.

By: Simiya House

Simiya House — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:40:53 +0000

Hi Greens(eco conscious human)

Simiya House is blessed to post the eight(8) comment on this well compose and enlightenning article. Eight is a mostly use number of earth911.
Our company( clothing) is in the beautiful Island of Jamaica,we export to USA quit often. As my wife says” honey this information is what we need to put the business on the highest level” we use a lot of vegetable fiber in production. Lauren thank you please, let us know which logo is most suitable for garment construction.
All the seven(7) comments are so relevant.

Simiya

By: sdjensen

sdjensen — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:54:09 +0000

Excellent article, Lauren. You would be surprised how many consumers still understand the symbols–almost like the washing instruction symbols on clothing which many garment makers use. Did not know if you heard that Omaha, NE is trying to start a ‘green’ school–should be interesting to see if they get the funding. (see Omaha World-Herald articles)

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:39:14 +0000

There is also a system they use to label wood as coming from a sustainable source. I can’t think of the name of it right now. They sell it at Home Depot alongside wood which is not from a sustainable source, so it is good to look for the difference if you are thinking of building something.

By: Jager Bombs

Jager Bombs — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:33:39 +0000

“Great article! It’s important that people know what these logos/labels mean. I would add to your list the cruelty free logo/label, as exploiting animals is definitely NOT green!” – Really? What do you define as exploiting animals? Riding a horse, using a mule to plow a field, catching a fish, hunting, killing bugs on the windshield of your car, etc? Recycling and conserving energy is great but the “don’t use animals for food/work” argument has absolutely nothing to do with being green. If humans didn’t use animals and eat them we would not be here.