Ecolabels: One world, but not one word
March 17, 2008
There are lots of eco-labels for different purposes, and lots of words to name them.
Perhaps as more people write about ecological issues, the tags will help link more articles together.
This list is based on ecolabel in the GEMET Thesaurus(Eionet) and ecolabel on OmegaWiki, with additions as I discover them. Eionet is the European Environment Information and Observation Network. GEMET is their GEneral Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus.
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Български | Bulgarian | еко-етикет |
Čeština | Czech | značka ekologická |
Dansk | Danish | miljømærke |
Deutsch | German | Ökomark, Umweltzeichen |
Ελληνικά | Greek | οικολογικό σήμα |
English | English | ecolabel |
Español | Spanish (Castillian) | etiqueta ecolígica |
Eesti keel | Estonian | ökomärgis, keskkonnamärgis |
Euskara | Basque | ekoetiketa; etiketa ekologiko |
Français | French | écolabel |
Magyar | Hungarian | ökocímke |
Italiano | Italian | marchio di qualità ecologica |
Nederlands | Dutch | milieukeur(merk) |
Norsk | Norwegian (Bokmål) | miljømerke |
Polski | Polish | ekoetykieta |
Português | Portuguese | rótulo ecológico |
Русский | Russian | экоэтикетка |
Slovenčina | Slovakian | ekologická značka |
Slovenščina | Slovenian | ekonalepka |
Suomi | Finnish | ympäristömerkki |
Svenska | Swedish | miljömärke |
I am making the information in the Table available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
If you know of any more translations, comment please!
This entry is part of the Infomancy Eco-Symbols Series.
Green Coast Award – enhancing unspoilt rural beaches
March 12, 2008
The Green Coast Award is for beaches in Wales and Ireland which meet EC bathing water quality standards and provide a natural, unspoilt environment, meaning that “the special character of such a beach may not be compatible with the level of infrastructure and intensive management generally associated with more urban, traditional seaside resort beaches”.
The Green Coast Award fills a gap left by the Blue Flag Programme. Like the Blue Flag, the Green Coast Award has clear objectives and community involvement in coastal management.
The original recycling symbol
March 10, 2008
The original recycling symbol was designed by Gary Anderson. He won a contest in 1970 – the year of the first Earth Day – at the International Design Conference in Aspen, Colorado out of over 500 entries. Gary’s original design had the triangle pointing downwards.
The internationally recognisable recycling symbol design of three chasing arrows is sometimes called a Mobius loop, based on August Ferdinand Möbius‘ – a 19th century German mathematician – discovery that a band of paper joined with a half twist forms a continuous single-edged, one-sided surface.
Blue Flag flies standard for beaches, marinas and boats
February 25, 2008
The Blue Flag is an eco-label awarded to thousands of beaches and marinas across Europe, South Africa, Morocco, New Zealand, Canada and the Caribbean.
The Blue Flag works towards sustainable development at beaches/marinas through strict criteria dealing with water quality, environmental education and information, environmental management, and safety and other services. The Programme includes environmental education and information for the public, decision makers and tourism operators. For boats there is a code of conduct.
The Green Key to your holiday
February 20, 2008
Eco-labels are for services too, not just for products.
The Green Key
is a diploma awarded companies within tourism: hotels, youth hostels, conference- and holiday centres, campsites, holidayhouses, leisure facilities and restaurants.
The EU Eco-label: flowering across Europe
December 3, 2007
The European Union Eco-label or Flower is
a voluntary scheme designed to encourage businesses to market products and services that are kinder to the environment and for European consumers – including public and private purchasers – to easily identify them.
I don’t recall ever seeing the Eco-label. Just how far has it spread?
EcoLogo: Canada’s leafy environmental certification mark
November 28, 2007
EcoLogoMis North America’s most widely recognized and respected multi-attribute environmental certification mark. By certifying the environmental leaders in over 300 categories of products, EcoLogo helps environmental marketers win customers, and helps buyers – both consumer and corporate – find and trust the world’s most sustainable products.
A cute logo with doves of peace nestling into the maple leaf, doesn’t this make business seem just ever-so friendly!
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Recycled Paperboard: for purists only?
November 26, 2007
Created in 1995 by the 100% Recycled Paperboard Alliance, Inc. (RPA-100%), the 100% recycled paperboard symbol is displayed today on a wide range of products and packaging made with 100% recycled paperboard.
So this symbol is for recycled material – to show off the manufacturers’ green credentials -, but doesn’t mean that the material is recyclable again.