where are greenpeace when we need them most?
climateactivist | 06.05.2009 09:38 | Climate Chaos
greenpeace's unique position is a mainstream NGO that takes action, a link between the purely lobbying NGOs and the grassroots activists. But at the moment it seems as if greenpeace is spending most of its efforts on lobbying, and taking less and less action.
i know that the big issues (coal and runways) are in a political campaigning phase and they probably plan to get back to mobilising people and doing actions when this phase is over but this isn't just a tap you can switch on - it takes work to build and maintain this capacity, and it's a change in culture that i'm not sure is all that easy.
wouldn't they be better off leaving most of the lobbying to FOE and WWF and concentrating on taking a leading role in building a movement of direct action activists at this time when that is what we really need most?
i know that the big issues (coal and runways) are in a political campaigning phase and they probably plan to get back to mobilising people and doing actions when this phase is over but this isn't just a tap you can switch on - it takes work to build and maintain this capacity, and it's a change in culture that i'm not sure is all that easy.
wouldn't they be better off leaving most of the lobbying to FOE and WWF and concentrating on taking a leading role in building a movement of direct action activists at this time when that is what we really need most?
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