GREEN WASHING THE WORLD
October 5, 2023
For years I have warned that environmental activism would be co-opted by governments and corporations. The word sustainable is now freely used on products that are not sustainable. Alternative energies that are not really alternative and, of course, the use of words to cover up destruction and damage. Words like the Canadian “Seal Protection Act” that was established to protect the sealing industry for example.
It appears you just have to market your products with the right words because it does not matter what the truth is as long as people believe something is true.
Now the annual U.N. Climate Change conferences are sponsored by fossil fuel companies, corrupt governments, and Coca Cola. One of the reasons nothing substantial ever comes out of these charades.
Nothing, absolutely nothing, has changed with regard to remedies for addressing climate change. Governments make promises they have no intention of keeping and corporations simply find ways to capitalize on the crisis. Thus we have companies like Allianz and Austral Fisheries funding groups to deradicalize them.
Funding from corporations has a way of watering down activism so as to not cause embarrassment to the corporation, thereby watering down the effectiveness of actions. Funding often comes with stipulations and restrictions, forcing the groups to be influenced to become mainstream. as we are witnessing with Sea Shepherd Global. Not always, but organizations need to be wary of required restrictions and stipulations, because as soon as an organization agrees to such, the organization is compromised.
So this week we have a ship loading 30,000 tons of coal in Vancouver bound for China and the name of the ship is CLIMATE JUSTICE.
I think this illustrates how issues can be compromised with just simple words.
Unfortunately, most people believe what they want to believe, and generally, the public is easily manipulated with misleading and false information.