May 13
20151
Foundations, Nature Conservancy, Non-Profit Industrial Complex
Anthropogenic Breakthrough Institute Long Now Foundation Speciesism Techno-optimism The Nature Conservancy The Reason Foundation
"But the idea of commodifying Nature for economic and population growth is morally bankrupt. It seeks only to legitimize human manipulations and exploitation and ultimately is a threat to even human survival."
May 12
20150
Nature Conservancy, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Breakthrough Institute Dying Planet Index (DPI) Gretchen Daily Living Planet Index (LPI) Patriarchy Rights of Nature The Nature Conservancy WWF
"Dressing the problems up as something they are not has become a strategic marketing exercise for ENGOs, undertaken to avoid scarring those living comfortable material lifestyles who have been numbed into a conformist existence of denial in which their donations buy penitence."
"They do not deny global warming; instead they skate over the top of it, insisting that whatever limits and tipping points the Earth system might throw up, human technology and ingenuity will transcend them."