WATCH: Alberta’s Environment Minister Commends Leap Manifesto’s Tzeporah Berman for Helping Craft the Tar Sands Deal
A MUST WATCH INTERVIEW (02:57)
Aug 31
20162
Forest Ethics, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Pembina Institute
Alberta Oil Sands Advisory Group Capitalism Denialism Forest Ethics Leap Manifesto Naomi Klein Pembina STAND (Forest Ethics) Tar Sands Tzeporah Berman We Mean Business
A MUST WATCH INTERVIEW (02:57)
Dec 08
20152
350.org / 1Sky, David Suzuki Foundation, Environmental Defence Fund, Forest Ethics, Foundations, Greenpeace, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Pacifism as Pathology, Pembina Institute, Sierra Club, Social Engineering, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement Cenovus CNRL ConocoPhilips David Suzuki Foundation Environmental Defence Canada Environmental Defense Equiterre ForestEthics Greenpeace Leap Manifesto Participants New Democratic Party (NDP) Pembina Institute Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Shell Statoil Suncor Tarsands Tides Canada Tzeporah Berman WWF
"Merran Smith of ForestEthics was listed without affiliation, as was Tzeporah Berman, who worked to privatize BC’s rivers as director of PowerUp Canada, and who is slated to start work this month as Greenpeace International’s Climate Campaigner." Berman is one of many who contributed to the text of the "Leap Manifesto", an initiative founded by Naomi Klein's "This Changes Everything" project. (see photo)
Jan 21
20142
350.org / 1Sky, Forest Ethics, Foundations, Greenpeace, Non-Profit Industrial Complex
Dogwood ForestEthics Keystone XL North American Tar Sands Coalition Tar Sands Solutions Network Tides
“If we do not change course soon, we may end up where we are headed.” Saw a variation of that on a climate analysis article recently. It’s apt, but while we need to point out that this is true of science it is also true of our own social organization. We have been also expert at denial when it comes to our own internal practice. Now is the time for sober assessment.
Nov 23
20130
350.org / 1Sky, Forest Ethics, Foundations, Greenpeace, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Sierra Club
Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement CBFA First Nations ForestEthics Great Bear Rainforest Agreement Greenpeace KXL Sierra Club Tar Sands Coalition Tar Sands Solutions Network Tarsands
“Pragmatism equals don’t take the position ‘Leave the oil in the ground’ but, rather, take the position ‘Stop expansion,’ ” said David Peerla, a community organizer and writer who closely follows the environmental sector. “‘Stop expansion’ means whatever place the industry got to whenever they cut the deal, that production can continue until the oil runs out, no matter the ongoing environmental costs.”
Oct 24
20133
David Suzuki Foundation, Forest Ethics, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Canada Christy Clark Coastal First Nations David Suzuki Foundation Dogwood Initiative Elsipogtog Forest Ethics Fracking Living Oceans Mi’kmaq North American Tar Sands Coalition Pacific Trails Pipeline Resistance Sun News Tar Sands Solutions Network Tinka Dene Alliance Tzeporah Berman West Coast Environmental Law
"Mi’kmaq struggles against fracking have taken place completely outside of the framework of large environmental NGO’s; many have stated their belief this is a huge reason for the cohesive, community outlook of the struggles. Most of the larger ENGO’s have an internal policy against opposition to fracking. The reason? Big Capital control through foundations has determined that such a campaign is not a likely “win,” and Big Capital is also involved in labelling Natural Gas– including that from “fracking”– as a “transition fuel.”
Oct 24
20130
350.org / 1Sky, Forest Ethics, Foundations, Greenpeace, Rainforest Action Network (RAN), Sierra Club
350.org Bill McKibben Canadian Boreal Initiative Capitalism CPAWS Dow Chemical Enbridge Gateway Environmental Defense ForestEthics Greenpeace Canada Keystone Living Oceans BC Michael Marx MoveOn.org NATSC Nexen North American Tar Sands Coalition Pembina Institute Pew PowerUp RAN Sierra Club BC Suncor Tar Sands Coalition Tar Sands Solutions Network Tides Canada Tides Foundation Tzeporah Berman WWF
"Before Tzeporah Berman began her current position as head of the North American Tar Sands Coalition, Tides Canada had already established these structures to create near-total control over budgets– and therefore, most decisions– for staggering numbers of organizations. Berman was around at the time, working for PowerUp pushing forward offsets garnered by river destruction. Some of the participant organizations already had working partnerships with multiple tar sands producers. The over-whelming majority were already greased by primarily high donors and foundations. Thus, joining the NATSC meant, essentially, double dipping."
Sep 18
20130
350.org / 1Sky, David Suzuki Foundation, Forest Ethics, Foundations, Greenpeace, Non-Profit Industrial Complex
350.org Bill McKibben Bolivia Capitalism CBFA Cochabamba NAFTA Naomi Klein Tides Canada Tzeporah Berman
"Now the rule has become this: If you have staff and are an environmental organization in North America, you are funded and directed by foundations who see “saving capitalism from itself” as the goal of environmentalism today. So what are we left with? Unfortunately, more of the same. South of the border, Bill McKibben’s outfit, 350.org, is a new face of this game. If only they were not."
Apr 18
20130
David Suzuki Foundation, Forest Ethics, Foundations, Greenpeace, Nature Conservancy, Non-Profit Industrial Complex
Boreal Canadian Boreal Initiative Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Canopy CSR David Suzuki Foundation ForestEthics FPAC Greenpeace International Boreal Conservation Campaign Ivey Foundation Pew Environment Group The Nature Conservancy
"This collaboration with the logging industry was supposed to be a game-changer for the protection of species and conservation in Canada's threatened Boreal forest," said Nicole Rycroft, Founder and Executive Director of Canopy. "The disappointing reality is that not one hectare of forest has been protected and species and ecosystems are still at risk."
Jul 14
20100
David Suzuki Foundation, Forest Ethics, Greenpeace
Boreal First Nations Forests Greenpeace Greenwash Indigenous Rights
First Nations excluded from world’s largest conservation agreement Julius Melnitzer July 8,...
Read the leaked document here: http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/CBF_leak.pdf Greenpeace, ENGO’s, Foundations cutting secret deals,...