Jan 15, 2020 | Carbon Markets / Carbon Offsets, Climate Justice, Deforestation, Earth Minute, Earth Radio, Featured, Forests, Rainforest, Social Media News
Photo courtesy: World Rainforest Movement, Bulletin 247 The Washington Post recently published an article that “Jet Blue plans to go completely carbon neutral on all U.S. Flights.” While this sounds like a delightful and guilt-free way to keep on...
Nov 16, 2018 | Earth Radio, Earth Watch, Featured, Food Sovereignty, Forests, Rainforest, Social Media News
This week’s Earth Watch guest is Jeff Conant of Friends of the Earth (FOA). Conant and Sojourner Truth host Margaret Prescod discuss the greenwashing of the palm oil industry. Friends of the Earth and World Rainforest Movement co-authored this release...
Nov 2, 2016 | Carbon Markets / Carbon Offsets, Deforestation, Featured, Forests, Rainforest, REDD, Social Media News, Tree Plantations
Originally published at Redd-Monitor.org: By Chris Lang Yesterday, the World Bank’s private sector arm, the International Financial Corporation launched a US$152 million bond aimed at supporting REDD and carbon trading. The deal demonstrates just about...
Aug 22, 2016 | Featured, Forests, Social Media News, UN Climate COPs
Bruce Watson with the Guardian takes a look back at the evolution of greenwashing in a recent piece. He looks back to when the term emerged in the 1980s, and spotlights some of the biggest “hit” commercials offered by major corporations attempting to...