Comments on: Disney's Environmental Goals: Greenwashing or Corporate Responsibility?

By: Greenwash Of The Week: The Sustainability Consortium. | The Good Human

Greenwash Of The Week: The Sustainability Consortium. | The Good Human — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:31:41 +0000

[...] Disney – Too much to even list here, but my friends over at EcoChildsPlay have a ton of good stuff about their “concern”. (Link) [...]

By: Hermes Replica

Hermes Replica — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:23:09 +0000

Very informative. I love the picture BTW.

By: Reconciling Disneyland’s Personal Impact with Environmental Impact | Fake Plastic Fish

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:28:43 +0000

[...] Jennifer Lance from Eco Child’s Play is skeptical. In her well researched article, “Disney’s Environmental Goals: Greenwashing or Corporate Responsibility?,” she takes issue with Disney’s first Corporate Responsibility report and urges the [...]

By: Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish

Beth Terry, aka Fake Plastic Fish — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:40:24 +0000

I just got back from Disneyland this weekend. Your article is great and I plan to link to it in my post tomorrow. How can I reconcile the utter joy I feel at Disneyland with not only the environmental impact but also the homogenization of culture and the promotion of consumerism? There was a sale at one of the Disney Stores for annual pass holders that started at 7am. I was told that afterwards, the store was practically totaled and it took the employees several hours to clean up, restock, and get ready for the onslaught of regular shoppers.

And yes, I found out about this because I saw the lines from my balcony in the Grand Californian Hotel, where my boss had paid for rooms for me and a co-worker, and then talked to a Disney Store employee while I was making my own purchase: a $52 hoodie (I actually paid $42 with coupon from a food receipt) made in Asia that I bought because I was freezing and hadn’t come prepared for cold weather in Southern California.

On the other hand, the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, California Screamin’, Splash Mountain, Thunder Mountain Railroad, Haunted Mansion, and anything else that’s scary — especially with one or more big drops — leave me absolutely giddy with happiness.

How can I reconcile what I know with how I feel?

By: DStuart

DStuart — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:33:16 +0000

Good comments-Disney paved much of central Florida-can’t we just be radical and say let’s tear Disny down, restore it all. Let’s teach our kids that films/cartoons are fine, but let’s rely on simple pleasures. My friend has also been telling me that we all need to curtail our baby-making; apparently having a child in a 1st world country is about the worst thing we can do for the planet. I’m starting to agree-buy a Prius and have a baby, it toally cancels out. He says there soon will be 7 billion-world rate of population is increasing in huge numbers. LOL

By: Emily Monosson

Emily Monosson — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:42:47 +0000

Hi nice article. Found it while researching Disney’s enviro record for my own website. Just returned from a weeklong Disney trip organized by my daughter’s dance school. Happened to be there on Earth Day. I realize Disney’s goal is entertainment rather than education, but if greening at all – besides Jack’s giant beanstalk – (I need to read report and do more research)- they could surely take a lead in environmental education beginning with their parks. It wouldn’t take much (which is about all the effort they put in to their Magic Kingdom earth day tribute.) A few hours set aside for Jimminy Cricket photo-ops, and a kiosk that could have been more effective had it been designed by a bunch of school kids rather than Disney’s imagineers.

Disney parks really could be leader and great educators for our kids. Wouldn’t that be great?

By: Economic Crisis Wake Up Call: End the Childhood of Commercialization, Commodification, and Consumption : Eco Child’s Play

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:13:21 +0000

[...] pretty much have young girls wrapped up in the princess craze. Such actions by corporations like Disney have created a perspective that childhood is a saleable commodity. What has happened to ethics? [...]

By: Disney You Can Do Better at Going Green | Green & Clean Mom

Disney You Can Do Better at Going Green | Green & Clean Mom — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:40:06 +0000

[...] Disney has also pledged to move towards green and chemical free cleaning, but the Center for Health, Environment & Justice thinks they can do better but find out how by reading more over at Eco Child’s Play >>>>>> [...]

By: David

David — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:00:20 +0000

It will be extremely hard for Disney to make a major change, but it is good that they are trying. An analogy I could make is that of a cigarette company deciding they will become an advocate for good health – while remaining a cigarette company. Disney is in almost the same situation as far as environmental impact.

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:44:56 +0000

Well at least they are taking steps in the right direction. They are a company not alone who did all the right things wrong. That’s why the world is in such a state. Most of us were ignorant many years ago.. there cerainly wasn’t the hype about the way were treating the world. Re- cleaning chemicals..well blame the big companies that mass produced them in the first place. Disney is not alone in the damage it has caused (and maybe still is) but if the companies selling hazardous cleaning chemicals were, let’s say..”closed down completely” then Disney or anyone else would have no option but to change suppliers and new business with non toxic chemicals would be the norm. Freddom of choice removed. That’s fine by me!

It’s the source originally of anything ..if I had an allergy I wouldn’t just continue to treat it or live with it, I would remove the allergen. Toxic cleaning producers,slave labour sweat shops etc need to be completely removed form the whole of society.
A new dawn is here…or are we going to continue to live in the “Age Of Stupid”? (http://www.ageofstupid.net/premiere)