Green Options » banned http://greenoptions.com/tag/banned Posts tagged 'banned' Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:05:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en PETA Wants Ads on Indiana Garbage Trucks: “Meat Trashes the Planet” http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/02/02/peta-wants-ads-on-indiana-garbage-trucks-meat-trashes-the-planet/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/02/02/peta-wants-ads-on-indiana-garbage-trucks-meat-trashes-the-planet/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:05:28 +0000 Alex Felsinger http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/02/02/peta-wants-ads-on-indiana-garbage-trucks-meat-trashes-the-planet/

PETA, whose banned Super Bowl ad is still getting crazy press coverage, has offered to help with Indiana’s budget troubles by paying for ads on all their recycling trucks.

The ads would read “Meat Trashes the Planet: Go Green, Go Vegetarian,” which PETA hopes will draw attention to the massive impact that the meat industry has on global warming and pollution. The organization sent a letter to the commissioner of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to offer to pay for the ads, but don’t hold your breath waiting for a reply.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/02/02/peta-wants-ads-on-indiana-garbage-trucks-meat-trashes-the-planet/feed/ PETA Super Bowl Ad Promoting Vegetarianism Deemed Too Racy by NBC http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/02/01/peta-superbowl-ad-promoting-vegetarianism-deemed-too-racy-by-nbc/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/02/01/peta-superbowl-ad-promoting-vegetarianism-deemed-too-racy-by-nbc/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:30:30 +0000 Amiel Blajchman http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/02/01/peta-superbowl-ad-promoting-vegetarianism-deemed-too-racy-by-nbc/ peta super bowl adPETA, famous for their “I’d rather go naked than wear fur” ad campaign, is pretty upset with NBC. Their latest ad, scheduled to be shown during the Super Bowl, was rejected by NBC for being too sexy. The ad shows various female models enjoying their vegetables, with the tag line “Studies show vegetarians have better sex. Go veg”.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/02/01/peta-superbowl-ad-promoting-vegetarianism-deemed-too-racy-by-nbc/feed/ ZapRoot: BPA Declared Baby Safe, Thanks FDA! http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/09/18/zaproot-bpa-declared-baby-safe-thanks-fda/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/09/18/zaproot-bpa-declared-baby-safe-thanks-fda/#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:00:21 +0000 Jeff McIntire-Strasburg http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/09/18/zaproot-bpa-declared-baby-safe-thanks-fda/ Click here to view the full post.

This week from our friends at ZapRoot: The FDA needs to have their heads examined. We respond to the numerous Chinese comments. Explore the world through Google Earth’s Environment section.

This week’s show links:

Eco Child’s Play - CA Fails to Pass Chemical Ban in Baby Products
Eat Drink Better - FDA Allows Producers to Irradiate Spinach & Lettuce
BPA Opinions
Corn Syrup All Natural
Google Earth Environment

]]> http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/09/18/zaproot-bpa-declared-baby-safe-thanks-fda/feed/ Big cats banned from Australia http://ecoworldly.com/2008/08/12/big-cats-banned-from-australia/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/08/12/big-cats-banned-from-australia/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:49:58 +0000 Ross Kendall http://ecoworldly.com/2008/08/12/big-cats-banned-from-australia/ Big cats problem averted

Making a mistake isn’t necessarily stupid, but making the same mistake twice is. Thankfully Australia has learned from its past and banned the introduction of Savannah cats, a natural destroyer of the country’s unique wildlife.

The humble ‘moggy’ or domestic cat maybe a cute little family pet to those in the rest of the world but to Australia’s wildlife it is a born killing machine. And once the cats have adapted to life in the wild they are even more devastating.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2008/08/12/big-cats-banned-from-australia/feed/ Google Banned by Myanmar Govt., Still Donates $1 Million to Cyclone Relief http://ecoworldly.com/2008/05/12/google-banned-by-myanmar-govt-still-donates-1-million-to-cyclone-relief/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/05/12/google-banned-by-myanmar-govt-still-donates-1-million-to-cyclone-relief/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 17:14:18 +0000 Gavin Hudson http://ecoworldly.com/2008/05/12/google-banned-by-myanmar-govt-still-donates-1-million-to-cyclone-relief/ Google bannedDespite being banned by the government of Burma (also Myanmar), Google has said that it will donate up to $1 million USD to assist victims of Cyclone Nargis.

Google has offered to match donations made to UNICEF and Direct Relief International for all donations made at Google’s Support disaster relief in Myanmar page, up to one million dollars.

Internet users in Burma reported that access to Google and Gmail had been blocked by the strict military junta governing the country in the summer of 2006. By this time, Yahoo and Hotmail had already made the censored IT blacklist.

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