Memo to "environmentalists"
Forcing Sting to move his concert venue from the Mall of Asia to the Araneta Coliseum, to penalize SM for chopping down those trees in SM City Baguio will not help the environment. Much in the same way as voting for that fake senator will make you an eco-warrior.
Worse, feeling good about this minor victory is counter productive. You have not helped the environment at all. Stop feeling good about yourselves.
What if I planted twice as many trees in replacement of those chopped down by SM City Baguio? Would I have saved the environment? I don't think so.
Unfortunately, it's going to take a whole lot more than media stunts, catchy slogans, and photo-ops by politicians who want your vote to save the environment.
The "environment" mantra, sadly, is now nothing more than "kontra droga" or "gusto makatulong sa mahirap".
And I thought the term "environmentalist" referred to those professionals who are licensed and whose primary job is to study the environmental factors and such. ~_~
ReplyDeleteWhere did the term "Nature Lover" go? T__T
What these "environmentalists" do not realize is, most of these feel-good save the earth photo ops arranged by politicians is nothing more than re-arranging deck chairs in the Titanic. So okay, si Sting sa Araneta na mag-co-concert. We have saved the environment. Logical ba yun? Kung "awareness" naman ang ihihirit, trust me, the people are aware. Everytime it rains, the people are aware. So what's next step? More slogans? More photo-ops, media stunts? More eco-warriors?
ReplyDeleteMore politicians trying to make a better image. That's a definite.
DeleteSabi nga ni George Carlin, sa war on drugs, nananalo ang drugs.
ReplyDeleteKaya nga parang ayaw ko ng bumoto. No choice sa mga choices. Madaming epal lalo na sa QC. Lol.
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