{"id":14642,"date":"2012-07-23T12:04:07","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T18:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=14642"},"modified":"2012-07-23T12:04:07","modified_gmt":"2012-07-23T18:04:07","slug":"buying-green-infographi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes, Buying Green is the Best Option [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Green products are everywhere&#8230; or, at least, products that call themselves green. Lots of <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2011\/08\/ftc-green-guide-marketing\/\">questionable marketing claims<\/a> out there, but that&#8217;s a topic for another day. With some everyday activities, though, the greener product not only has already proven its worth, but will also likely save you some money while maintaining the level of comfort to which you&#8217;re accustomed.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the green actions you&#8217;d need to take vs. the product option below&#8230; no reason to freeze (or sweat) in the dark. Click on the image for a larger version.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elocal.com\/content\/home-expert-network\/acting-green-buying-green-infographic-3879\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elocal.com\/content\/home-expert-network\/files\/2012\/06\/ActGreenBuyGreen.jpg\" alt=\"Acting Green vs. Buying Green\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elocal.com\">eLocal.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of expensive green products out there of questionable value. But a number of household products have had time to prove their worth, saving you money while also conserving resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":14650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[4442,5901,5388,91,2093,4314,989,839,104],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Green Products vs. Green Actions - Infographic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Green consumption&quot; is a bit of a contradiction in terms, but, sometimes, a green product is your best best for saving money &amp; resources.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Green Products vs. Green Actions - Infographic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;Green consumption&quot; is a bit of a contradiction in terms, but, sometimes, a green product is your best best for saving money &amp; resources.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sustainablog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-07-23T18:04:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/green-products-infographic.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"311\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9b578e764fdaeb0c31f2d565d3f02b30\"},\"headline\":\"Sometimes, Buying Green is the Best Option [Infographic]\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-07-23T18:04:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-07-23T18:04:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/\"},\"wordCount\":103,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"air conditioning\",\"buying green\",\"cooling\",\"energy\",\"laundry\",\"light bulbs\",\"shower\",\"toilet\",\"Water\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Living\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/\",\"name\":\"Green Products vs. Green Actions - Infographic\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-07-23T18:04:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-07-23T18:04:07+00:00\",\"description\":\"\\\"Green consumption\\\" is a bit of a contradiction in terms, but, sometimes, a green product is your best best for saving money & resources.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sometimes, Buying Green is the Best Option [Infographic]\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/\",\"name\":\"Sustainablog\",\"description\":\"Since 2003, Sustainablog has been one of the pioneers of sustainability news online.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sustainablog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cropped-sblog-logo_3b.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cropped-sblog-logo_3b.jpg\",\"width\":200,\"height\":142,\"caption\":\"Sustainablog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9b578e764fdaeb0c31f2d565d3f02b30\",\"name\":\"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/36b723ef9244464afe2e59d68b238a07?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/36b723ef9244464afe2e59d68b238a07?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg\"},\"description\":\"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg is the founder and editor of sustainablog. You can keep up with all of his writing at Facebook, and at Google+\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/author\/jeffmcintirestrasburg\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Green Products vs. Green Actions - Infographic","description":"\"Green consumption\" is a bit of a contradiction in terms, but, sometimes, a green product is your best best for saving money & resources.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Green Products vs. Green Actions - Infographic","og_description":"\"Green consumption\" is a bit of a contradiction in terms, but, sometimes, a green product is your best best for saving money & resources.","og_url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/","og_site_name":"Sustainablog","article_published_time":"2012-07-23T18:04:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":311,"url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/green-products-infographic.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/"},"author":{"name":"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9b578e764fdaeb0c31f2d565d3f02b30"},"headline":"Sometimes, Buying Green is the Best Option [Infographic]","datePublished":"2012-07-23T18:04:07+00:00","dateModified":"2012-07-23T18:04:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/"},"wordCount":103,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization"},"keywords":["air conditioning","buying green","cooling","energy","laundry","light bulbs","shower","toilet","Water"],"articleSection":["Living"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/","url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/","name":"Green Products vs. Green Actions - Infographic","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-07-23T18:04:07+00:00","dateModified":"2012-07-23T18:04:07+00:00","description":"\"Green consumption\" is a bit of a contradiction in terms, but, sometimes, a green product is your best best for saving money & resources.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/buying-green-infographi\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sometimes, Buying Green is the Best Option [Infographic]"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/","name":"Sustainablog","description":"Since 2003, Sustainablog has been one of the pioneers of sustainability news online.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization","name":"Sustainablog","url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cropped-sblog-logo_3b.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cropped-sblog-logo_3b.jpg","width":200,"height":142,"caption":"Sustainablog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/9b578e764fdaeb0c31f2d565d3f02b30","name":"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/36b723ef9244464afe2e59d68b238a07?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/36b723ef9244464afe2e59d68b238a07?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg"},"description":"Jeff McIntire-Strasburg is the founder and editor of sustainablog. You can keep up with all of his writing at Facebook, and at Google+","sameAs":["https:\/\/sustainablog.org"],"url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/author\/jeffmcintirestrasburg\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14642"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}