Greenwashing
GREENWASHING : a form of marketing spin in which green PR and green marketing are deceptively used to persuade the public that an organization's products, aims and policies are environmentally friendly and therefore ‘better’; appeal to nature. This product sells for $7.50. It comes in a plastic bottle (that we should be recycling or reusing if we are using these! Every bottle counts!) This label makes you think you're doing something naturally, right? But really it's got the same ingredients as the other soaps- they just ADDED a minuscule amount of essential oils. This isn't anyone's fault- humans are VERY easily manipulated. We live in a "go go go" society and trust that companies aren't going to lie to us or trick us into purchasing things. The issue is, they are and they know they can get away with it. The bottle is pretty, the soap smells good and that's the end of it for most consumers. Most of the products that boast ALL NATURAL are not na...
