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Can't See the Forest for the Sneeze
Kleenex boxes infiltrated by anti-logging leaflets |
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19 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 4:55 PM on 19 Feb 2008 Planning to buy some tissues for your February sniffles? Be forewarned: Menacing notes have been found in Kleenex boxes across the U.S. and Canada. "Wiping away ancient forests," says a leaflet found by a reporter in a New York drugstore. "Here's a little secret that Kimberly-Clark, the largest tissue maker in the world and parent company of Kleenex, does not wa ... |
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| Topics: deforestation, grassroots activism, green living, Greenpeace, news (all these topics) |
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Bali burning
Amazing helicopter footage of Greenpeace in the Indonesian peat bogs |
Glenn Hurowitz |
31 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| In the lead-up to the international Bali Climate summit, Greenpeace has launched a major direct action in Sumatra, Indonesia, to stop the nefarious PT Duta Palma corporation from destroying a pristine tropical forest (and the habitat for highly endangered Sumatran rhinos, tigers, and oh-so-cute orangutans) and replacing it with a palm oil plantation. Click on the picture to the right to watch the extraordinary video of their action, including amazing helicopter footag ... |
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| Topics: deforestation, grassroots activism, Indonesia, Greenpeace, politics, biofuels, agriculture (all these topics) |
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Greenpeace hacks Kleenex PR
Fun video |
David Roberts |
30 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| This is a pretty clever stunt by Greenpeace activists. They infiltrated the filming of a Kleenex commercial to get the word out about the fact that Kimberly-Clark (maker of Kleenex) uses 100% virgin wood pulp in their products -- as a result, the Canadian Boreal Forest, one of the biggest carbon sinks in the world, is being clear cut. Check out kleercut.net, and watch this video: There's another video of the same protest here. (hat tip: reader BE) |
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| Topics: deforestation, grassroots activism, Greenpeace (all these topics) |
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