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LISTEN: Greenpeace criticized for hiring Tzeporah Berman

March 31, 2010

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By Mordecai Briemberg March 30, 2010 Artist: Dru Oja Jay Title: Greenpeace criticized for hiring Tzeporah Berman Album: Redeye: Vancouver Cooperative Radio Genre: Interview Year: 2010 Length: 13:46 minutes (12.61 MB) Format: Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR) Show Notes: Dru Oja Jay is one of the people behind a new website raising concerns about the appointment […]

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Suicidal Tendencies or Addiction? Earth Day Hijacked by Climate Wealth Opportunists

March 31, 2010

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Earth Day Hijacked by Climate Wealth Opportunists April 21st, 2010 will Mark the fall of the Mainstream Environmental ‘Movement’ For many in the climate justice movement, the growing trend of cozy alliances between many of the mainstream ENGOs with multinational corporate partners has been a toxic recipe; the price of which may be nothing less […]

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EARTH HOUR: CORPORATE GREENWASH

March 25, 2010

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Friday, March 26, 2010 I wrote extensively about Earth Hour last year and my intention was just to ignore it this year, especially since it appears to have lost its ‘novelty’ value and the level of public interest in it – at least here in New Zealand – seems to have dropped away a little. […]

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Press Release: World Wide Outcry To Make Amnesty International See Reason and Make Amends

March 25, 2010

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Source: Human Rights for All 24/03/2010 March 22, 2010 People from across the world, including key human rights activists, public intellectuals and citizens groups have supported a global petition demanding public clarification and accountability from Amnesty International. Among the prominent signatories figure: Salman Rushdie, Michael Walzer; Amitav Ghosh; Malalai Joya, (MP Afghan Parliament, suspended for […]

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FB ALERT & RELEASE: Protest Greenpeace and Rainforest Action Network’s Censoring of Facebook Criticism of Their Support for Primary Forest Logging

March 22, 2010

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ECOLOGICAL INTERNET PRESS/SOCIAL MEDIA RELEASE and FACEBOOK ALERT! Protest Greenpeace and Rainforest Action Network’s Censoring of Facebook Criticism of Their Support for Primary Forest Logging Genuine and growing concern with their ongoing, publicly undefended support for Forest Stewardship Council “certified” primary forest logging – destroying an area two times the size of Texas – deleted, […]

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What the public is saying: People who want to SAVE GREENPEACE

March 22, 2010

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Public and Members Respond to Greenpeace’s Hiring Decision: Want to share your comments or story? Contact us at info@savegreenpeace.org. Your anonymity is guaranteed. (the quotations below are from the front page of the SaveGreenpeace.org website, and references to other posts are from that same site)

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What activists INSIDE Greenpeace are Saying: SaveGreenpeace.org

March 22, 2010

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Anonymous Greenpeace Staff and Activists Respond to Greenpeace’s Hiring Decision: Work for Greenpeace? Want to share your story? Contact us at info@savegreenpeace.org. Your anonymity is guaranteed. (the quotations below are from the front page of the SaveGreenpeace.org website, and references to other posts are from that same site)

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WWF Mines The Green Gold Rush To The Amazon: Making $60 billion From Fear

March 21, 2010

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WWF Mines The Green Gold Rush To The Amazon: Making $60 billion From Fear <!– CUSTOM IMAGE URL ? –>Appearing in the Booker column (and on Watts up with that?) is an account of how the “conservation” group WWF hopes to turn Amazonian trees into billions of dollars, all in the name of saving the […]

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DEFINITELY THE WRONG KIND OF GREEN : Convention on Biodiversity GREENWASH

March 20, 2010

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Partnership between Airbus and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biodiversity Announcement: http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/2010_03_05_biodiversity_year_flag_a380.html Not that this comes as a surprise to citizens and organizations that have witnessed the sell out of the Convention on Biodiversity over the past years. The Convention on Biodiversity even produced a joint report with Shell in 2007: Report: http://www.cbd.int/doc/business/cbd-guide-oli-gas-en.pdf Oh, […]

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‘European Youth Water Summit’ Greenwashed with Coca Cola, Nuclear Safety, Nature Conservation and Others

March 20, 2010

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European Youth Water Summit opened in Brussels published by EWP on Thursday 18 Mar 2010 Brussels, 17 March 2010. The first European Youth Water Summit opened yesterday with 36 young Europeans from 16 countries coming together in Brussels to focus on discussing water community challenges, needs and priorities. Speaking at the Summit’s opening ceremony, Chairman […]

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