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greenliving Every 1st & 3rd Sunday


Sanctuary & Sound: Yoga with Live Music !


2:30-4:30pm Indoors, in the historical Bates Garden Club, Birch State Park, All levels Vinyasa class w live music by Sapopaz, plus a yummy vegetarian meal --$20 cash. Bring your own mat, bowl, utensils and drink.


May 6 and May 20 our next ones.


Visit our neighbor store Thousand Pound Egg -- a bookshop and specialty market for food lovers. Two doors down at 908 ne 20th avenue.


June 1-5 Yoga Therapy Training w Marlysa Sullivan, Module Two: Meditation in Action. Sign up and details on the web.


July-Kino MacGregor Ashtanga Workhop


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HOW TO BE A SMART SHOPPER by Ed Begley, Jr.


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e may think we are protecting our family’s health and the Earth’s environment by buying eco-friendly products, but a second look at some so-called “green” products may reveal we’ve been led astray. When com- panies hurry to cash in with new product lines touting natural living products, too many of the changes are more cosmetic (new packaging, appealing earthy logos) than chemical; sometimes toxicity levels decrease in only minimal amounts. With green marketing campaigns in overdrive, how can we be sure that we truly are selecting a certified safe product?


Hijacking True Eco-Trends Greenwashing occurs when more money or time is spent on advertising and label- ing green characteristics than actually developing and implementing environ- mentally sound products and practices. Words such as natural, non-toxic and


40 Broward County, Florida FtL.NaturalAwakeningsMag.com


eco-safe are now widely misused. Although greenwashing has been around for nearly a quarter century, corporations today are committing to it at unprecedented levels as they go after the growing market for eco-friendly products. Companies have duly noted that even the average Jane is now interested in protect- ing the environment and is willing to pay a premium to help. When products and services are really green, everyone wins; but when they are suspect, everyone suf- fers from a false sense of stewardship. The hijacking of green by irrespon-


sible corporations is aptly characterized by Jay Westerveld’s initial 1986 report on greenwashing, first used to describe the reuse of towels in the hotel indus- try. His research implied that in-room signage stating that, “Reusing the hotel towels helps save the environment,” was more a ploy to increase reserva- tions from patrons concerned about


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