Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 571 Location: Grenoside, Sheffield
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 06 9:32 am Post subject: Shiny happy politicians...
From the Guardian's politics mailing:
"HAS HAIN BEEN TAKING TOO MUCH SUN?
Proving that anyone can make the leap from sunbed to solar panel,
Peter Hain has followed David Cameron's lead by installing solar
panels on his home near Neath. "I decided to put my money where my mouth is," said the Welsh secretary, in an image the Backbencher doesn't care to dwell upon. Meanwhile, Scottish Lib Dem leader Nicol Stephen, no doubt aware of the lack of sun north of the border, has made a new year's resolution "to put one of those domestic wind turbines on the roof of my house". What next? Will John Prescott call up Greenpeace and invite them back to re-install those solar panels on his roof? The Backbencher feels a lengthy inquiry into a watermill-powered electricity scheme for the Thames Gateway coming on."
greenwash :twisted:like hogwash but done by politicians and corporations to cover the truth .truly sustainable needs major changes in human wants and / or numbers ,this don't sell cars and carrier bags or get you re elected .
greenwashing is relatively cheap ,no more clever than any other ad campaign ,makes folk feel good about being part of creating a future , misdirects them from the reality of our greedily and destructively obtained goods and lifestyles , prevents them from creating a truly sustainable system of human life within the ecosystem we use and share .
OK rant over .
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