Comments on: Greenwash Of The Week: Green Cruising. http://thegoodhuman.com/2010/08/18/greenwash-of-the-week-green-cruising/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Going Green. Thu, 24 May 2012 10:37:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Quiet-Environmentalist http://thegoodhuman.com/2010/08/18/greenwash-of-the-week-green-cruising/#comment-6525 Quiet-Environmentalist Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:19:28 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2915#comment-6525 Great Post and David is right. The only reason they mention the green stuff is to hide the brown stuff that they are pumping into the sea and into the air. There are not many holidays that can be much worse than crusing apart from space travel and flying. Greenwashing should be outlawed. It is false advertisement and the only forms of transport to get the green seal should be by train, bus or self powered. Great Post and David is right. The only reason they mention the green stuff is to hide the brown stuff that they are pumping into the sea and into the air.

There are not many holidays that can be much worse than crusing apart from space travel and flying.

Greenwashing should be outlawed. It is false advertisement and the only forms of transport to get the green seal should be by train, bus or self powered.

]]> By: dsturman http://thegoodhuman.com/2010/08/18/greenwash-of-the-week-green-cruising/#comment-6523 dsturman Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:26:19 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2915#comment-6523 No doubt that cruising is environmentally bad; moreover, traveling by any means is also bad. I really do not believe that anybody is going to cruise just so they can have a "green" experience; moreover, people cruise & vacation because they need rest, relaxation, & fun. I challenge the inference in your article that people are so gullible that they would cruise just for a green experience. True, we eco-friendly people need to educate traveling people, but we also need to remember that working people are pushed very hard every day, are stressed out, and need a vacation. If people can afford a vacation in this crappy economy- more power to them. This small "green" experience may be the only eco-conscious experience that many people will get the opportunity to have all year, sad as that sounds. Lastly, education motivates adults faster and on a deeper level than shame, let's be careful we of the eco-friendly populations do not come of as sounding like we are totally out-of-touch. No doubt that cruising is environmentally bad; moreover, traveling by any means is also bad. I really do not believe that anybody is going to cruise just so they can have a “green” experience; moreover, people cruise & vacation because they need rest, relaxation, & fun. I challenge the inference in your article that people are so gullible that they would cruise just for a green experience.

True, we eco-friendly people need to educate traveling people, but we also need to remember that working people are pushed very hard every day, are stressed out, and need a vacation. If people can afford a vacation in this crappy economy- more power to them. This small “green” experience may be the only eco-conscious experience that many people will get the opportunity to have all year, sad as that sounds. Lastly, education motivates adults faster and on a deeper level than shame, let’s be careful we of the eco-friendly populations do not come of as sounding like we are totally out-of-touch.

]]> By: Tara http://thegoodhuman.com/2010/08/18/greenwash-of-the-week-green-cruising/#comment-6522 Tara Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:56:12 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2915#comment-6522 So true! We just finished a big family cruise (Norwegian cruise line) and it was so wasteful. The food waste alone was horrific. Thanks for your timely post. The cruise ship was full, so despite the recession people are still cruising mindlessly. So true! We just finished a big family cruise (Norwegian cruise line) and it was so wasteful. The food waste alone was horrific. Thanks for your timely post. The cruise ship was full, so despite the recession people are still cruising mindlessly.

]]> By: david http://thegoodhuman.com/2010/08/18/greenwash-of-the-week-green-cruising/#comment-6524 david Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:33:05 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2915#comment-6524 dsturman - But it cannot be called "green", at all - that's the point. Cruising for vacation is one thing; but a company marketing such a polluting activity as eco-friendly is just greenwashing. And if people weren't gullible, then the company wouldn't be trying to market it, would they? dsturman – But it cannot be called “green”, at all – that’s the point. Cruising for vacation is one thing; but a company marketing such a polluting activity as eco-friendly is just greenwashing. And if people weren’t gullible, then the company wouldn’t be trying to market it, would they?

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