Comments on: Nigel’s Green Web Awards - the winners!

By: Looby

Looby — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:39:34 +0000

I think what you have done is a great idea, but its such a shame that the sites that are getting all the recognition are the bigger brands - many of whom are recently jumping on the band wagon.

In addition, when it comes to green beauty, and toxin free beauty, I think its a shame that the awards didn’t recognise many of the stores who really are doing great things with ranges etc.

By: KyleT

KyleT — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:31:01 +0000

Oh for goodness sake - can’t you see, Nigel, that even in stating the judges ‘didn’t vote for themselves’ still doesnt make it ok that the judges websites won awards? It’s clearly just a load of shameless backslapping! You can’t seriously expect intelligent people to fall for it.

Leave it to the PEOPLE to decided what websites are most USEFUL TO THEM, not the people who make the websites.

Extremely unethical, no matter how you spin it.

By: R. Hatwell

R. Hatwell — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:25:14 +0000

Or BBC Thread for Ethical Fashion:

www.bbc.co.uk/thread

By: R. Hatwell

R. Hatwell — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:24:32 +0000

BBC Bloom for best Climate Change Website category

Bloom is a new BBC website that aims to cut through the climate change confusion and empower people to adopt more climate-friendly lifestyles: www.bbc.co.uk/bloom

By: Samui Travel

Samui Travel — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:47:56 +0000

well this is useful… (at least for me)

very thanks

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Best Travel at Thailand

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:47:37 +0000

As one of the judges I think a lot of you make the valid point of judges’ sites winning, which is hard to avoid in this format. Next time it would be good if anyone was allowed to vote for the sites they think are best too.

By: brendan

brendan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:20:08 +0000

to explain green energy, carbon offsets, and what an individual or company can do about it all, i like to refer people to www.nativeenergy.com Yes, they are selling their own renewable energy and offsets, but nonetheless, their site is a good source to explain what an offset really is (or isn’t), what renewable energy is, what is ‘additionality,’ and so on, in plain language.
my opinion, anyway.

By: JD

JD — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:40:33 +0000

@Mr.B: So you don’t consider bloggers as experts then? In my experience bloggers (the good ones anyway) often know more about the subjects they blog about than many of the the established ‘experts’. Think of how much research and reading usually goes into the average blog post…!

@Richard - its not like the judges all voted for each other - only a few of the judges’s own sites won an award. But I agree that opening the voting to the public would be cool for next time. Oh and i dont understand your point about ‘not just a way of making money’ - ecobites.com has ads on its site too! (btw you’re not this Richard are you? http://ecobites.com/teamcontact ;))

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:50:45 +0000

Your credibility was shot as soon as I saw the judges judging the judges. Throw it open for the web surfers to decide and your winners would automatically become losers…but, there is no fun in that. For example, I used to visit treehugger and ecostreet, but they are losing the plot to genuine lifestyle communities like www.ecobites.com who have a genuine interest in all things healthy, not just a way of making money.

By: Mr.B

Mr.B — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:46:48 +0000

Get a bunch of bloggers who have picked up a bit of knowledge on the topic here and there and get them to pad each other’s backs instead of asking some people who actually know about environmental issues. Where’s the quality assurance? Don’t turn the eco world into an exclusive club of maties! It’s supposed to catch on to the greater public! Congrats to the winners!