Green Inc

Green Inc

by Christine Mac Donald (Author)

Synopsis

In spring 2006, Christine MacDonald left journalism for a dream job at Conservation International, one of the world's largest environmental organizations. Soon after reporting to the group's Washington offices, however, she realized that something is rotten in today's clubby world of conservationists. Green, Inc. is a riveting account of an eco-warrior's travails at the crossroads of the nonprofit and corporate worlds. Environmental NGOs that once dedicated themselves solely to saving pandas and parklands today vie for the favors of mining operations, logging companies, and energy conglomerates. Being a top conservationist today means partying with corporate execs aboard private jets, yachts, and Land Rovers. A scandalous snapshot from inside a good cause gone bad, Green, Inc. unfolds at a time when global warming nears the point of no return and more people than ever are awakening to the consequences.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Published: 28 Feb 2009

ISBN 10: 1599214369
ISBN 13: 9781599214368

Media Reviews
No matter if the science of global warming is all phony... climate change provides the greatest opportunity to bring about justice and equality in the world. --Christine Stewart, former Canadian Minister of the EnvironmentAn angry expose claims that leading environmental organizations are now headed by overpaid chief executives who solicit contributions from companies that tout their greenness while continuing their predatory ways. Freelance journalist MacDonald begins by pointing out that, unlike other activists such as labor organizers or feminists, early conservationists were not radicals but respectable gentlemen like John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt. Matters changed in the 1960s, when outrage over pesticides, toxic waste and nuclear power led to an influx of young militants. They changed even more in the '80s, when a proliferation of self-made billionaires, many of them former '60s militants, opened their wallets. From hand-to-mouth organizations existing on membersh