http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2007/05/01/1090/
The Corporate Climate Coup
By: David Noble
this article pushed my climate change research into an entirely different perspective... it is so far the most hard-hitting publication regarding climate change action obstacles I've come across... (I am a student researcher for climate change)
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Bristlecone Pine, the oldest living trees in the world
Tree of Life (Yggdrasil)
Bristlecone Pine, the oldest living trees in the world
Tree of Life (Yggdrasil)
About Me
- Trees for our children...
- I am a part-time student at the University of Regina majouring in (but not limited to) Transdisciplinary Environmental Studies. I am active members of: the Environmental Action Network at the University of Regina, Regina Public Interest Research Group, and (supposedly) the URSU sustainability committee. I am a student researcher for the climate change theme area working group of the RCE (Regional Center for Expertise) Saskatchewan, a United Nations University Education for Sustainable Development initiative. I am also the Prairie's Sustainable Campuses coordinator for the Sierra Youth Coalition. My premises are based on my current interpretation of how to conserve the future for our children, and are always evolving. Trees for our children is a metaphor for a needed awareness of how our lifestyles will affect future generations. [Regina is a city in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada] I have a six month old daughter, worth fighting for a better tomorrow for. I never want to imply I have all the answers, but I wish to speak from my heart and share my honest view of the actions affecting my life and that of my family.
A Few of My Premises
A Few of my Premises, (note, they are constantly growing and changing as a result of my commitment to keep learning and listening...)
1) My use of the term "environment" generally refers to (though not exclusively) habitat and interactions between humans and non-humans living in a local and global ecosystem. This meens that human rights issues are environmental issues. So are non-human rights.
2) Everyone has the right to breath non-toxic air, drink uncontaminated water, and to enjoy the last scattered remnants of a disappearing natural world. So do their children. And so do future generations.
3) There is a serious problem of an uniformed and misinformed citizenry in our society. Though there is a growing environmental conscious. I sincerely believe that if more people knew the impact their lifestyles had... not only on the billions living and dying in poverty, but on the countless generations yet to come... then they would be willing to change their lifestyles and way of thinking...
4) There is a mighty propaganda campaign by those in power who wish to remain in power... specifically in regards to the ongoing SPP negotiations
5) I believe in a need to re-evaluate how human progress is measured… quality of life is more important than “sum of all transactions.” (like the GDP)
Politicians will say that they are doing good because GDP has gone up 3.5%... GDP!? What About Child Poverty? What about workplace death rates?
6) Economic Progress is not human progress!
7) There is a serious problem with accountability. In a global society where power is more economically-based than democratically-based; national governments are being slowly overpowered and infiltrated by the bottom-line agendas of shareholder-accountable and profit-motivated trans-national corporations. (TNCs) The individuals who destroy habitat, biodiversity, and (non-anthrocentrically) life itself on this planet solely for tyranical money and power NEED to be held accountable for their actions. The corporate juggernauts they have created need to be regulated and dismantled, not fed with the blood of innocence and apathy.
8) I therefore have an intense dislike and disgust with big corporate agenda-pushers that decieve, lie, and kill for money.
Especially;
-The Military Industrial Complex
-Big Pharmacy
-Big Tobacco
-The Nuclear Industry
-The Automobile Industry
-Big Oil (Fossil Fuels)
-Coca-Cola and Nestle (most evil of Big Junkfood {that we know of})
... I will fight you aforementioned institutions of legalized-corruption, money, and power!
9) Our society’s lifestyle is stealing the future from our children. Specifically, our systematic addiction to non-renewable sources of energy. There needs to be an institutionalized awareness of our society's lack of inter-generational justice.
Trees for our children is a metaphor for a needed awareness of how our lifestyles will affect those that follow.
1) My use of the term "environment" generally refers to (though not exclusively) habitat and interactions between humans and non-humans living in a local and global ecosystem. This meens that human rights issues are environmental issues. So are non-human rights.
2) Everyone has the right to breath non-toxic air, drink uncontaminated water, and to enjoy the last scattered remnants of a disappearing natural world. So do their children. And so do future generations.
3) There is a serious problem of an uniformed and misinformed citizenry in our society. Though there is a growing environmental conscious. I sincerely believe that if more people knew the impact their lifestyles had... not only on the billions living and dying in poverty, but on the countless generations yet to come... then they would be willing to change their lifestyles and way of thinking...
4) There is a mighty propaganda campaign by those in power who wish to remain in power... specifically in regards to the ongoing SPP negotiations
5) I believe in a need to re-evaluate how human progress is measured… quality of life is more important than “sum of all transactions.” (like the GDP)
Politicians will say that they are doing good because GDP has gone up 3.5%... GDP!? What About Child Poverty? What about workplace death rates?
6) Economic Progress is not human progress!
7) There is a serious problem with accountability. In a global society where power is more economically-based than democratically-based; national governments are being slowly overpowered and infiltrated by the bottom-line agendas of shareholder-accountable and profit-motivated trans-national corporations. (TNCs) The individuals who destroy habitat, biodiversity, and (non-anthrocentrically) life itself on this planet solely for tyranical money and power NEED to be held accountable for their actions. The corporate juggernauts they have created need to be regulated and dismantled, not fed with the blood of innocence and apathy.
8) I therefore have an intense dislike and disgust with big corporate agenda-pushers that decieve, lie, and kill for money.
Especially;
-The Military Industrial Complex
-Big Pharmacy
-Big Tobacco
-The Nuclear Industry
-The Automobile Industry
-Big Oil (Fossil Fuels)
-Coca-Cola and Nestle (most evil of Big Junkfood {that we know of})
... I will fight you aforementioned institutions of legalized-corruption, money, and power!
9) Our society’s lifestyle is stealing the future from our children. Specifically, our systematic addiction to non-renewable sources of energy. There needs to be an institutionalized awareness of our society's lack of inter-generational justice.
Trees for our children is a metaphor for a needed awareness of how our lifestyles will affect those that follow.
Words of Wisdom...
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors. We borrow it from our children.
-Native Canadian Proverb
"The only dream worth having is to dream that you will live while you are alive, and die only when you are dead. To love, to be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and vulgar disparity of the life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget." - Arundhati Roy
"Once you've seen, you can't unsee. And once you've seen, doing nothing becomes just as political an act as speaking out. Either way, your accountable." -Arundhati Roy
“Because we don’t think about future generations, they will never forget us." - Henrik Tikkanen
“The earth is not dying, it is being killed. And the people who are killing it have names and addresses.”
-Utah Phillips
"In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -George Orwell
"All animals are created equal. But some animals are more equal than others."
-George Orwell
“I conceive that the land belongs to a vast family of which many are dead, few are living, and countless numbers are still unborn.”
-Unknown
-Native Canadian Proverb
"The only dream worth having is to dream that you will live while you are alive, and die only when you are dead. To love, to be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and vulgar disparity of the life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget." - Arundhati Roy
"Once you've seen, you can't unsee. And once you've seen, doing nothing becomes just as political an act as speaking out. Either way, your accountable." -Arundhati Roy
“Because we don’t think about future generations, they will never forget us." - Henrik Tikkanen
“The earth is not dying, it is being killed. And the people who are killing it have names and addresses.”
-Utah Phillips
"In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -George Orwell
"All animals are created equal. But some animals are more equal than others."
-George Orwell
“I conceive that the land belongs to a vast family of which many are dead, few are living, and countless numbers are still unborn.”
-Unknown
Links...
- Environmental Action Network at the U of R
- Revolution Solution
- Corporation Watch
- Politics n' Poetry
- Saskatchewan Liberty Train
- TOP TEN WORST CORPORATIONS 2005 (maybe don't read unless you've got some good soma handy)
- Killer Coke... (our campus IS a coke campus)
- Exxon Secrets
- International Center for Technology Assesment
- Act Up in Sask!
- Arundhati Roy
- David Suzuki Foundation
- Democracy Watch Canada
- Earth First! News
- Expose Exxon!
- GLOBAL WARMING FAQ Union of Concerned Scientists
- Green Online Video Blog
- Helen Caldicott
- Saskatchewan's Uranium Watchdog
- The Future of Our Children
- Treehugger
- Univeristy Watch Canada
- Corporation Watch
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