Is this a new 'buzz-word'?

Question

The new buzzword newly going around is "Greenwashing".

Presumably this means , If companies or individuals have something to shout about , they put the word 'GREEN' as a banner before anything else.

Bio-degradable - Landfill - Environmental Stunts.

Do these people not have anything else to do with their time?

Multi-national Global companies , making absolute fortunes are now climbing onto this 'bandwagon' although they don't believe in green issues. Global Warming my a.r.s.e !!!!!!

Answer 1

I had guessed this was going on, but hadn't heard that there was a word for it and so many people had sussed it out, so thanks.

Apparently it isn't that new and was first used in about 1990, there's a whole lot in Wikipedia about it:

Answer 2

no

Answer 3

Mother Jones magazine in 1990 had an article about advertising being green rather than practicing it.

Answer 4

can i just put you on hold for a second?  thanks

*greensleeves hold music*

Answer 5

I had guessed this was going on, but hadn't heard that there was a word for it and so many people had sussed it out, so thanks.

Apparently it isn't that new and was first used in about 1990, there's a whole lot in Wikipedia about it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwash

Answer 6

Well said! There's even a green grocer round here now.

Disgusting.

Answer 7

My god those flunkies in SoHo really d ocome up with c**p.

Answer 8

I also understand what you are saying, sort of, but what are you asking?

Answer 9

As a matter in fact some Landfills all over the world are using the gas produced naturally by the garbage degradation process and converting into energy....they say it's clean energy or green because the whole process occurs Naturally.

Answer 10

buzz word for today is: Sleep

Answer 11

I'd just like to say that all these ads and commercials put out by these multi national petroleum companies touting their commitment to preserving the environment is just PR hogwash.

I've worked offshore for a few years and witness garbage and black oil being dumped into the ocean everyday. Oil slicks are a common sight. All eventually transform pristine coastline into polluted beaches and wasteland.

Greenpeace and other conservation group can highlight the issue once in a long while; their antics merely raise an eyebrow or two - nobody really cares about a little pollution a day, only an Exxon Valdez-type disaster prompt government action. It's not so much "global warming" but "global warning" by individuals who dare to express themselves in an extraordinary way. Sadly they stand alone.

Economic might always supercede ecological right... in the name of progress.

Answer 12

I see your point but what really is the question?

Answer 13

you know what I say to idiots like these " green off"

Answer 14

I know what you mean, recently I saw an advertisement in the local paper for property for sale at a most reasonable price, environmentally friendly it said, so I bought it there and then over the phone............ it turned out to be....................

A bloody 'green' house!