Comments on: Go Green Expo – behind the scenes with Bradford Rand http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/03/27/go-green-expo-behind-the-scenes-with-bradford-rand/ The Alternative Consumer provides product reviews, eco news and green info to the next wave of smart consumers. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:47:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Glen http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/03/27/go-green-expo-behind-the-scenes-with-bradford-rand/comment-page-1/#comment-287371 Glen Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:28:31 +0000 http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/?p=10252#comment-287371 blah blah blah... debate the issue, not the person. Why should potential visitors skip this show? The organiser may not be perfect, but visitors are still likely to learn a great deal about environmental options, no? blah blah blah… debate the issue, not the person. Why should potential visitors skip this show? The organiser may not be perfect, but visitors are still likely to learn a great deal about environmental options, no?

]]> By: Rob http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2009/03/27/go-green-expo-behind-the-scenes-with-bradford-rand/comment-page-1/#comment-232929 Rob Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:56:53 +0000 http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/?p=10252#comment-232929 "Go Greenwashing Expo" 2009 - Do yourself a favor, skip this show. The second annual "Go Green Expo" is gearing up to hit NYC on April 17-19, soliciting huge profits from "corporate buyers and trade professionals", touting its "commitment to green" to give attendees the "chance to see, learn and interact with the latest in energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly products and services, as well as participate in interactive seminars with leaders in the green industry, local politicians and community organizations." Now let's see....Go Green Expo is produced by Expo International, the very same events production company that continues to produce "Tech Expo TOP SECRET", an internet job fair for military personnel, as well as job fairs for aniti-environment military contractors such as Northrop Grumman, Boeing, and Booz Allen Hamilton. Even worse, the company's self righteous grand wizard, Bradford Rand, is the proprietor of none other than RAND LUXURY (www.randluxury.com) a trade show dedicated to wretched excess beyond compare and catering to the very ideas that are ruining the planet. According to RAND's own website: "the RAND team is best known for its "Evening of Luxury" events where RAND links up with luxury auto manufacturers to support the launch of their newest and hottest automobiles. In the past year alone, RAND aligned with Lamborghini, Bugatti, Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin, Bentley & Spyker. Adjacent to these fine motorcars, RAND creates a luxury lifestyle experience by inviting complementary brands to showcase their goods and services to the distinguished list of guests that RAND invites to its events." The site continues to cite its other luxury brands, such as Marquis Jet, Citation Shares and Lufthansa Private Jet Services. All of which, mind you, are NOT considered eco-friendly or progressively fighting climate change. According to Rand's own corporate bio: "Bradford also co-founded New York's largest fine motor auction & luxury lifestyle expo in 2005; Rand/Workman. The show was one of the region's most publicized events of its kind; with over $35 million dollars in automotive bids, over $2 million in sales from the wine auction, over 100 luxury sponsors & exhibitors and a showcasing of some of the rarest automobiles in the world." "As a true automotive enthusiast, Bradford has owned & restored both Ferraris and Porsches." Good job, Bradford. Contribute even more to our oil addiction by putting even more gas-guzzling, wretchedly over-indulgent cars on the road. Hey, as long as your pockets are "green", who cares, right? “Go Greenwashing Expo” 2009 – Do yourself a favor, skip this show.

The second annual “Go Green Expo” is gearing up to hit NYC on April 17-19, soliciting huge profits from “corporate buyers and trade professionals”, touting its “commitment to green” to give attendees the “chance to see, learn and interact with the latest in energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly products and services, as well as participate in interactive seminars with leaders in the green industry, local politicians and community organizations.”

Now let’s see….Go Green Expo is produced by Expo International, the very same events production company that continues to produce “Tech Expo TOP SECRET”, an internet job fair for military personnel, as well as job fairs for aniti-environment military contractors such as Northrop Grumman, Boeing, and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Even worse, the company’s self righteous grand wizard, Bradford Rand, is the proprietor of none other than RAND LUXURY (www.randluxury.com) a trade show dedicated to wretched excess beyond compare and catering to the very ideas that are ruining the planet.

According to RAND’s own website: “the RAND team is best known for its “Evening of Luxury” events where RAND links up with luxury auto manufacturers to support the launch of their newest and hottest automobiles. In the past year alone, RAND aligned with Lamborghini, Bugatti, Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin, Bentley & Spyker. Adjacent to these fine motorcars, RAND creates a luxury lifestyle experience by inviting complementary brands to showcase their goods and services to the distinguished list of guests that RAND invites to its events.”

The site continues to cite its other luxury brands, such as Marquis Jet, Citation Shares and Lufthansa Private Jet Services. All of which, mind you, are NOT considered eco-friendly or progressively fighting climate change.

According to Rand’s own corporate bio: “Bradford also co-founded New York’s largest fine motor auction & luxury lifestyle expo in 2005; Rand/Workman. The show was one of the region’s most publicized events of its kind; with over $35 million dollars in automotive bids, over $2 million in sales from the wine auction, over 100 luxury sponsors & exhibitors and a showcasing of some of the rarest automobiles in the world.”

“As a true automotive enthusiast, Bradford has owned & restored both Ferraris and Porsches.”

Good job, Bradford. Contribute even more to our oil addiction by putting even more gas-guzzling, wretchedly over-indulgent cars on the road. Hey, as long as your pockets are “green”, who cares, right?

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