Saturday, May 8, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
What Is Greenpeace And Why Is It So Bad?
According to their website, Greenpeace is a company that uses donations made by their 250,000 members to make a difference by helping the environment of our world.
However, Greenpeace fails to mention on their website that they are actually a for-profit company. That means that while, yes, some of the money you give them is going to help the environment, much of it also goes the company itself and its CEOs.
As for the ships that Greenpeace uses to travel around and campaign for the betterment of the world, they are quite environmentally unsound. The engines used to power two of the four are very large and use a hefty amount of fuel.
What exactly is it that Greenpeace does to help the environment and make the world a better place? Well that information is surprisingly hard to come by. What little information they have available on their website is very vague and there is absolutely no mention of where their money goes specifically.
If Greenpeace is so helpful and great for the world, why do they insist on hiding where it is their money goes?
However, Greenpeace fails to mention on their website that they are actually a for-profit company. That means that while, yes, some of the money you give them is going to help the environment, much of it also goes the company itself and its CEOs.
As for the ships that Greenpeace uses to travel around and campaign for the betterment of the world, they are quite environmentally unsound. The engines used to power two of the four are very large and use a hefty amount of fuel.
What exactly is it that Greenpeace does to help the environment and make the world a better place? Well that information is surprisingly hard to come by. What little information they have available on their website is very vague and there is absolutely no mention of where their money goes specifically.
If Greenpeace is so helpful and great for the world, why do they insist on hiding where it is their money goes?
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Why Do So Many People Promote and Represent Greenpeace?
If Greenpeace is so bad and so much of their money is given to the CEOs then how do they have so many people donating money to them every month? Quite simply because Greenpeace discloses very little information regarding what it is they do with their money.
After you become a member you may find that your money is being used for something completely different than what you were told.
My friend Chris knew a member of Greenpeace who stopped giving them his money after he found out what was really being done with it. Chris told me, “When he signed up to become a member, he was told that his monthly donation would be used to go toward Greenpeace’s efforts to help the environment. After being a member for a little while, he found out that his money was actually going toward the local Boulder organization of Greenpeace. Not one cent of his money was being used to help the environment. “
Greenpeace is not only vague in regards to what it does with its money, but sometimes will blatantly lie to donors to get money. Next time you are thinking about giving your money to Greenpeace, or if you currently are, think about where it might actually be going.
After you become a member you may find that your money is being used for something completely different than what you were told.
My friend Chris knew a member of Greenpeace who stopped giving them his money after he found out what was really being done with it. Chris told me, “When he signed up to become a member, he was told that his monthly donation would be used to go toward Greenpeace’s efforts to help the environment. After being a member for a little while, he found out that his money was actually going toward the local Boulder organization of Greenpeace. Not one cent of his money was being used to help the environment. “
Greenpeace is not only vague in regards to what it does with its money, but sometimes will blatantly lie to donors to get money. Next time you are thinking about giving your money to Greenpeace, or if you currently are, think about where it might actually be going.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
The Problem on CSU’s Campus
The representatives of Greenpeace often go to college campuses in hopes to get students to donate and help their efforts. However, quite frankly they are annoying and pester anyone who gets with five feet of them.
My first encounter with Greenpeace was interesting. I was walking back from a class and one of them approached me asking if I would like to donate $20 a month to go towards helping their cause and making the environment better and all that.
At the time I had $10 in my bank account and didn’t have any money to give. He responded with, “Yeah I understand college is rough and it’s hard to get money, but it’s pretty cheap and goes towards a good cause.” We had this exact same exchange three times before I finally just walked away and gave up on trying to explain to him that I didn’t have money.
I could understand Greenpeace trying to collect money if it was actually going towards a good cause. But all they are doing is pestering people to basically give a major company $20 a month.
I talked to 50 other CSU students and asked them if they had been approached by Greenpeace. 47 out of 50 students have been approached by them and have been asked for money. Out of those 47 only 2 have given them money. When asked what their money was being used for neither of those 2 students actually knew.
Greenpeace harasses students on campus and does not even tell them what their money is being used for.
My first encounter with Greenpeace was interesting. I was walking back from a class and one of them approached me asking if I would like to donate $20 a month to go towards helping their cause and making the environment better and all that.
At the time I had $10 in my bank account and didn’t have any money to give. He responded with, “Yeah I understand college is rough and it’s hard to get money, but it’s pretty cheap and goes towards a good cause.” We had this exact same exchange three times before I finally just walked away and gave up on trying to explain to him that I didn’t have money.
I could understand Greenpeace trying to collect money if it was actually going towards a good cause. But all they are doing is pestering people to basically give a major company $20 a month.
I talked to 50 other CSU students and asked them if they had been approached by Greenpeace. 47 out of 50 students have been approached by them and have been asked for money. Out of those 47 only 2 have given them money. When asked what their money was being used for neither of those 2 students actually knew.
Greenpeace harasses students on campus and does not even tell them what their money is being used for.
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