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Anybody else starting to be at least a little amused by these lists? Not that I’m not guilty of making one myself (last paragraph there)…
Honestly, how many people with access to information don’t already know what they should be doing? The issue is making them want to do it, and making governments and businesses support such programs!
The only ones who might still need to be informed are those with little or no access to information, and the only way to do that is sending people there to talk to them.

These lists could still be useful only if they were really specific, giving exact instructions about how to do this or that yourself and telling of products to buy. This can of course be exploited by companies looking to advertise, so a decent such list should include several competing products for each category, letting the consumer make up their own mind but telling them specifically what the options are, not just the general idea.

There are some sites out there, like Responsible Shopper, SVTC, EPEAT or Greendeavor, that try to help people make informed, environmentally friendly purchases.
That’s very good news, but I think they need way more people to know about them and certainly way more people that will help them, so they’ll manage to review as many products and companies as possible. That would certainly be a good start…

Maybe those who mean to fill some space with yet another green list should think about these things and replace it with a more detailed report or maybe an article about one of those organizations that work towards such reports. Just a thought, of course.