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  Stop this greenwash - Talking Retail 

  http://www.talkingretail.com/opinions/7552/Stop-this-greenwash.ehtml

  Stop this greenwash Says Checkout editor Fiona Briggs Are you dreaming of a green Christmas? Frankly, no, but that s the catchy title of a press release that s just landed in my inbox. It s promoting a ... website that promises to offset carbon as I do my Christmas shopping at a host of UK retailers on-line. Furthermore, it helpfully points out that if I do my shopping on-line, I m simultaneously reducing the emissions I would be making by driving to the shops. Argh! I know climate change and saving the planet is important (see also Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones column this month and Anna Cureton s interview with Ecover) but I m increasingly becoming frustrated by greenwash that is colouring our every waking move as well as everything that can be moved. For the record, I would probably walk to the shops to do my Christmas shopping in any case and, as I wouldn t be at home during the trip, I wouldn t be using any gas, electricity, fossil fuels etc to keep myself warm, boil the kettle or, heaven fo   [More...] [Less...]

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  Tags:  carbon offsetting, greenwash