The petroleum company Shell has been sponsoring an exhibition of photographers for 3 months which should last until spring ’07 in Great-Britain. This exhibition’s title, which is actually a contest for the best picture, is « Shell Wild Life Photographer of the Year 2006 ». Yes, there’s something funny…
Shell, petroleum, gasoil pollution, seashore’s pollution and other ecological disasters, this is a well known song. But Shell associated with wild life, it sounds fake. Or cynical. Anyway, that’s what most NGO think. They decided to work together to lead a counter-strike, the « Shell’s Wild Lie Tour » (well found, isn’t it ?). They present pictures showing birds glued in gasoil, things like that… An impressive infowar case, as we love it !
As a matter of fact, Shell is used to « wide gaps management », and its green intentions are still to prove. Within :
- The « sakhalin » project : they try to sell it… it has triggered protests comming from environmentalist associations because the project was threatening whales living offshore in the Pacific Ocean,
- The pipeline in Ireland (Corrib) which raises many questions related to the shore’s environnement
- And the fight for wild life…
… it seems there’s just a step that Shell walks easily… a giant’s step !
Sources :
http://corporatewatch.wordpress.com/tag/greenwash/
http://www.bbcwildlifemagazine.com/wpoty.asp
Shell, petroleum, gasoil pollution, seashore’s pollution and other ecological disasters, this is a well known song. But Shell associated with wild life, it sounds fake. Or cynical. Anyway, that’s what most NGO think. They decided to work together to lead a counter-strike, the « Shell’s Wild Lie Tour » (well found, isn’t it ?). They present pictures showing birds glued in gasoil, things like that… An impressive infowar case, as we love it !
As a matter of fact, Shell is used to « wide gaps management », and its green intentions are still to prove. Within :
- The « sakhalin » project : they try to sell it… it has triggered protests comming from environmentalist associations because the project was threatening whales living offshore in the Pacific Ocean,
- The pipeline in Ireland (Corrib) which raises many questions related to the shore’s environnement
- And the fight for wild life…
… it seems there’s just a step that Shell walks easily… a giant’s step !
Sources :
http://corporatewatch.wordpress.com/tag/greenwash/
http://www.bbcwildlifemagazine.com/wpoty.asp
par Matt
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