http://sattlerclothing.com/blog The coolest goings-on in the world of eco-friendly apparel and the green movement. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:35:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As an already reluctant diaper-changer I was leery when the topic of cloth diapers came up. Let me say that my wife and I try to live as eco-friendly as we can – but when it comes to poo – less is more. The less I have to deal with, ... http://sattlerclothing.com/blog/2008/08/22/the-ultimate-eco-sacrifice-cloth-diapers/ Go Michael Phelps. If Greenwashing were baseball, Royal Dutch Shell would be on the verge of striking out. Twice in less than a year the company has been called on the carpet for misleading eco-advertising, commonly called greenwashing. The first, and don’t ask me how they thought this wasn’t going to ... http://sattlerclothing.com/blog/2008/08/14/does-the-usa-need-and-asa/ If someone told you that they would provide you with funding to develop a product and once you’ve developed a sellable product you won’t have to spend your days selling it to retail outlets – instead you’ll have access to 270 retail outlets in 35 countries getting your product in ... http://sattlerclothing.com/blog/2008/08/11/whos-the-best-friend-a-small-greentech-firm-can-have/   Yahoo! Photo Just hours before Olympic gold medalist and outspoken Darfur activist, Joey Cheek, was set to fly to China for the Smoglympics, he received a call from Chinese Embassy official telling him that he couldn't go, his visa had been denied. The Olympic games are anything but apolitical this ... http://sattlerclothing.com/blog/2008/08/06/joey-cheek-denied-admission-to-harvard-and-now-china/ In an effort to measure and monitor the progression of consumers worldwide towards eco-friendly consumption habits, National Geographic and GlobeScan recently finished a study that surveyed citizens in 14 countries. The results of the study led to the creation of the “Greendex”, an index of how green the consumption habits ... http://sattlerclothing.com/blog/2008/07/31/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-greenest-of-them-all/ In our never-ending effort to expand our product line to fill the need for eco-friendly clothing options, we are in the final stages of preparing to launch some very new and cool products. We work very hard to make sure that all of our products meet certain eco and fair ... http://sattlerclothing.com/blog/2008/07/30/new-eco-clothing-rumors-at-sattler/ Jamie Rector/Bloomberg News Yesterday a federal appeals court ruled that the lower court judge giving the thumbs up to the merger had in adequately considered the impact the merger would have on consumers. The three-member panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, voted 2-1 that lower ... http://sattlerclothing.com/blog/2008/07/30/a-hole-in-the-whole-foods-%e2%80%93-wild-oats-merger/   Amid $4-plus a gallon, rising food and energy prices and confronting what may be the costliest winter heating bills the country has ever seen, U.S. politicians are asked to “re-examine outdated and entrenched positions”. According to an Associated Press article, a bipartisan group of 27 former political officials sent a letter ... http://sattlerclothing.com/blog/2008/07/17/former-politicians-warn-with-a-dear-john-and-barack-letter/   Brandweek got together with Frito-Lay vp-marketing Gannon Jones about the recent success of a previously less-than stellar (pun intended) product – Sun Chips. Sales for Sun Chips are up 17.6%, or $201.8 million for the 52 weeks ending June 15. Back in 2006, when Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth came out, ... http://sattlerclothing.com/blog/2008/07/17/do-consumers-care-that-sun-chips-are-made-from-solar-power/ A recent survey done by the Shelton Group called “Eco Pulse”, suggests that consumers are confused about what makes a “green” product “green”. One of the questions in the survey, for example, asked consumers to name what features a home would need to have before it would be considered a ... http://sattlerclothing.com/blog/2008/07/17/will-the-truly-green-product-please-stand-up/