Category: Green Wash

February 19, 2010 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

How design is implicated in contributing to the ecological crisis, as well as the opportunities that designers and business may engage with to be at the forefront of design for sustainability.

The seminar will be supported with practical case studies of successful eco-design and sustainable design solutions.

Highlighting irresponsible behaviour by some of the world’s leading brands, drawing attention to notable consumer rights issues over the past 12 months.

The four Bad Company Award winners in 2009 are: Audi, BP, easyJet and Microsoft

Voted by more than 200 members of the Parents Jury, McDonald’s was named the most irresponsible creator of food promotions in three out of four categories in the Fame and Shame Awards.

via The Age

Digital Eskimo crits OgilvyEarth for Greenwashing

SENIOR executives from the world’s biggest coal companies unanimously agreed to back the multimillion-dollar advertising campaign running in rural NSW and Queensland attacking the Rudd Government’s emissions trading scheme.

via SMH

As the public rally against the coal industry, their response is to throw money at propaganda and lies.

We are very keen to run a feature exposing the people and companies in our creative industries who are on the take and producing this rubbish. We are looking for people to help us with researching this feature.

If you want to help research, write, design or if you want to “dob in a dirty designer” who is working to support the coal industry please contact us.

In the meantime check out GetUp!’s camapign refuting the coal misinformation campaign.