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99 Corporations Get Together And Do Some Serious Greenwashing
July 3rd, 2008Corporations, basically, run the world: what they do influences billions of people, not just in terms of the environmental impact of their activities, but in making people think that the corporate way is the best way. It’s not quite that simple — corporations are an intrinsic part of the greater cultural behemoth that is known […]
A Matter Of Scale - The Story Behind The Book
July 1st, 2008How do I summarise something consisting of 100,000 words, 17 chapters, four self-contained and entirely different sections, and containing the solution to most of the world’s ills? More than that, though, how can I make you understand that A Matter Of Scale may be the most important book ever written?
A hollow claim, much like everything […]
Coast Is Clear, Let’s Suck The Oil Out!
June 30th, 2008“Ok, guys, we’ve spent billions of dollars clearing out anyone who might have got in your way — just as you asked. We couldn’t really afford it but the arms guys needed a big battle to clear out the warehouses, and we know how persuasive they can be — if you know what I mean. […]
Obama Or McCain: Who Cares?
June 7th, 2008The richest, most powerful nation on Earth is going to have a new President in 2008. I’m so excited! What’s more, the new president could be black: remarkable how far the USA has moved on since slavery was abolished in 1863 – it’s only taken, what? 145 years for black people to reach equity in the […]
Science Museum, London: Letting Corporations Control Young Minds
June 3rd, 2008It’s very rare for me to be able to take an image straight from a web site and use it, completely unchanged. In the case of this one from London’s famous Science Museum, it says so much, how could I make it any worse? “Your Planet Needs You” juxtaposed with “Sponsored by BASF, HSBC and […]
Happiness: Who Needs Stuff?
June 1st, 2008I was inspired to include this first official extract from the forthcoming book “A Matter Of Scale” after listening to an inspirational story about the people of Vanuatu; officially the happiest place on Earth. The audio from the BBC Radio 4 programme, From Our Own Correspondent can be heard by clicking on this link.
Here, I ask […]
One (Large) Step at A Time
May 29th, 2008(This is an extract from the latest Earth Blog article: a helping hand in deciding how much you need to change your life to really make a difference)
Here’s a photo of my vegetable patch. At the front are two rows of lettuce and a patch of spinach – the kinds that you can keep picking […]
The Tools Of Greenwashing: 2. Astroturfs
May 26th, 2008Here’s part two of The Unsuitablog series on The Tools Of Greenwashing. This one focusses on the evil Astroturf — corporate groups that have nothing whatsoever to do with real grass roots…
Questioning and exposing the greenwashing activities of corporations, in particular, is something that the seasoned cynic makes light of; but sometimes our job is […]
Is Nothing For Free In The Free World?
May 21st, 2008For about a dozen years I commuted into London to work. In the last two or three years before leaving paid work for good, and saying goodbye to the unwelcome commute, my evening walk from the office to the station was interspersed with calls for me to take a free newspaper. There were two main vendors: the […]
National Geographic: Changing The Climate One Advert At A Time
May 16th, 2008This month at your local news stand, and in supermarkets up and down the Western world, you will find National Geographic Magazine devoting an entire issue to the realities of climate change. It’s their “Changing Climate” edition. It’s not the first time National Geographic has featured on The Unsuitablog: last time they were filling their […]
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