The De-Klein of a Revolutionary Writer: From Subcomandante Marcos to Angel Gurria
Wrong Kind of Green January 25, 2016 hock and awe (technically...
Jan 25
20165
350.org / 1Sky, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Social Engineering
Angel Gurría Chiapas EZLN Global Goals NAFTA Naomi Klein OECD privatization Wall Street Zapatistas
Wrong Kind of Green January 25, 2016 hock and awe (technically...
Oct 24
20131
Conservation International, Nature Conservancy, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, USAID, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Aceh (Indonesia) American Forest and Paper Association AMISCONDE biocolonialism Biodiversity bioprospecting Biotechnology Bolivia BP Brazil CAPISE Cemex Chiapas Chimane Chiquita Citigroup Coca-Cola Colombia Congo Basin Forest partnership Conservation International Energy and Biodiversity Initiative (EBI) Exxon Mobil Foundation Fauna & Flora International Ford GAP Green Imperialism Guyana International Cooperative Biodiversity Group (ICBG) International Paper J P Morgan Chase and Co. Keystone Foods Madagascar McDonalds Mesoamerican Biological Corridor project Mesoamerican Coral Corridor monoculture Monsanto Moxeno multinational conservation Neocolonialism Nestlé Novartis Palawan (Philippines) Papua New Guinea Peru Rio Tinto Selva Lacandona Shell Smithsonian Institution Sony South Africa Starbucks Statoil Surinam The Nature Conservancy The World Conservation Union (IUCN) United Airlines USAID Wai Wai Walt Disney Wapishana West Papua World Bank World Wide Fund for Nature Zapatistas
"The terms “greenwash” and “corporate front group” seem inadequate to describe Conservation International. Perhaps, as the Papua New Guinean critique puts it, Conservation International is “no more and no less a ‘non government' organisation than is General Electric or Microsoft.” Perhaps it is time to consider a global campaign to expose this ‘green' giant's true colours and put a stop to its operations."
"Conservation International is certainly no stranger to controversy. With annual revenues upwards of $77 million last year, you could say that CI is to environmentalism as Starbucks is to coffee: a green machine. In their 2010 annual report, Conservation International calls the results of their partnership with Starbucks in Chiapas "one of the first and most notable corporate engagements to address climate change." But outside the feel good gloss of annual reports and promotional videos, the relationship between CI and Starbucks isn't quite so transparent."