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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 333.7206073 EAN: 9781599214368 ISBN: 1599214369 Label: The Lyons Press Manufacturer: The Lyons Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: September 16, 2008 Publisher: The Lyons Press Studio: The Lyons Press Editorial Review: Product Description: In spring 2006, Christine MacDonald left journalism for a dream job at Conservation International, one of the world’s largest environmental organizations. Soon after reporting to the group's Washington offices, however, she realized that something is rotten in today's clubby world of conservationists. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Good anecdotal details on a subject better and earlier covered elsewhereGreen Inc. is a good insider's look at the problems with Gang Green. That said, if you find much of what Christine MacDonald has written, as far as broader issues, either new or shocking, you obviously needed to be shocked. Jeffrey St. Clair has been extensively tackling the problems of the domestic-focused portions of Gang Green (which obviously doesn't include the Conservation International where MacDonald worked) for a decade, and in great detail for much of that time. ... Read More Rating: - Clearly there is something terribly wrong with this picture!"Big cars, fancy office, lots of talk and nothing to show for it." This scathing indictment of the environmental group Conservation International was made by United Nations investigators during a 2006 probe into the disappearance of funds earmarked for a community marine center in the island nation of Papua New Guinea. It seems that the project ran out of money while Conservation International executives were squandering huge sums on frivilous things. There is mounting evidence that this was by no ... Read More Rating:  - Eye opening! A controversial topic will always attract negative reviews. I applaud this author for taking the time to bring awareness to little known facts. Well worth the read! Rating:  - ridiculous smear campaignThe author does a good job condemning the actions of people who have dedicated their lives to environmental issues. She glorifies activism without recognizing the fact that activists also depend on more corporate groups to help enact the changes that they are pushing for. Each of these groups serves a purpose in educating the world about the issues that we are faced with. A company cannot make improvements just by being told that they have to, they also need to be shown how they can be part of the ... Read More Rating: - Someone needs a fact checkThis book is full of inacurate information. Much of it is pure fiction and highly unrecomended. |
