Greenwashing

03/16/23 • 23 min

Your Planet, Your Health

On this inaugural episode, Ralph and Luc briefly describe the practice of greenwashing, with examples ranging from:

BP's popularisation of the carbon footprint, to
the labels on water bottles, to
Volkswagen evading emissions tests, and
the practice of carbon offsets...

On this inaugural episode, Ralph and Luc briefly describe the practice of greenwashing, with examples ranging from:

BP's popularisation of the carbon footprint, to
the labels on water bottles, to
Volkswagen evading emissions tests, and
the practice of carbon offsets...

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Save the Earth? (ft. George Carlin)

In this episode, Ralph and Luc listen to a stand-up routine by comedian George Carlin about environmentalists. We engage with Carlin’s pontifications and his ingenious framing by providing context from a scientific perspective. We also gesture at disarming some of his cynicism while steering clear of fully explaining away what made his take comedic in the first place.

This episode contains 4 brief excerpts from George Carlin's "Jammin' in New York" special.

Erratum: we said microplastics were found in the blood of 99% of people tested – in fact, plastic was found in the blood of 17 of 22 subjects tested (77%).
• original article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412022001258
• and a write-up in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/24/microplastics-found-in-human-blood-for-first-time.