Consumerism, greenwashing and the ‘bonfire of the environment’
Since the environment and appearing to be green are increasingly in vogue, yet consumerism is more rampant than ever, a curious corporate, consumer and governmental culture is emerging. It’s the culture of ‘lets not and say we did’. For example, let’s go on about cutting emissions, but then expand offshore drilling. Or let’s make our corporate logo a green flower and then have the worst environmental safety standards among all large oil companies. Let’s call ourselves the greenest government ever and then cut environmental programs. Let’s fight climate change by moving manufacturing to the developing world where emissions are less…
