Do you like polar bears?!?1
Sup internet. I started working for Greenpeace a week ago as a frontliner, one of those people who bother you on the streets for money. I like it for the most part, especially since everyone I work with is really cool and the fact that instead of putting on what's often a fake smile to sell you a latte, we sell memberships to Greenpeace! I've gotten refusals from people for a variety of reasons in just my five days of canvassing; "I don't support terrorism," "good goals, wrong methods," "climate change is not man made - I know more than you ever will." That last one kills me, but most others are pretty easy to shake off. Fuck off, Nazi church moms.
Getting sign-ups is cool (lets me keep my job), so is getting the people who stop because they're young women and you're a young man. SUP LADIEZ IM ALL CONCERNED N SENSITIVE NSHIT HOLLA. The people I like the most are the ones who stop and want to have a conversation/debate with you. My knowledge of the issues I am basically fighting for out there really isn't super extensive and I wouldn't ever pretend that it is. That's why it's really cool when cats who know a bit more than you come up to you in order to challenge you whilist giving your spiel about some environmental issue.
Greenpeace is absolutely opposed to nuclear power, but from what I hear it's more complicated than being flat out good or bad. France is largely nuclear powered and seems to be doing fine. My understanding is that if we're going to reach the goals that we'd LIKE to set for the US, relying on nuclear power to cut 20% of our carbon emissions by 2020 isn't feasible because nuclear power plants take much longer for planning and constructing than most of the other renewable energy sources do. But I don't know everything. The other campaign people take issue with is our stance on GMOs. One example I heard of was about our stance on the use of Golden Rice, rice genetically fortified with Vitamin A, in India to help reduce blindness. We've basically said that the crop wouldn't supply enough Vitamin A to have a significant impact while some GM groups say Greenpeace distorts/exaggerates the facts regarding the eco-friendlyness of GM crops and other bits information put forth by GMO proponents. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Greenpeace has said things to cover its ass as it is a big player in the political arena. But sir/ma'm, we are politically and financially independent and have stayed that way for 38 years with the support of people like you! But still, I think it's important get behind something, to actually get organized politically if you're going to bitch about an environmental or social issue. I feel like I'm doing more good than bad...
It's gonna be nice having a paid vacation until the 3rd and to have lots of time to research what exactly it is I'll be representing wearing my Greenpeace jacket every day. One thing I think people don't understand is that is no such thing as a saintly political group. Well, I think. We no doubt get more members among students, women, and people who have liberal party loyalties, inadvertently playing to demographics who already sympathize with what we're trying to accomplish. So I know firsthand our members aren't unbiased. But hey, welcome to the human race. I was definitely given the impression during training that we are an organization that totally stands up for truth, justice, equality, and are basically an idealist's wet dream. After the break I'm going to try and take some time with my bosses to iron out some discrepancies I find with what we say we do. Hypocrisy bad.
Getting sign-ups is cool (lets me keep my job), so is getting the people who stop because they're young women and you're a young man. SUP LADIEZ IM ALL CONCERNED N SENSITIVE NSHIT HOLLA. The people I like the most are the ones who stop and want to have a conversation/debate with you. My knowledge of the issues I am basically fighting for out there really isn't super extensive and I wouldn't ever pretend that it is. That's why it's really cool when cats who know a bit more than you come up to you in order to challenge you whilist giving your spiel about some environmental issue.
Greenpeace is absolutely opposed to nuclear power, but from what I hear it's more complicated than being flat out good or bad. France is largely nuclear powered and seems to be doing fine. My understanding is that if we're going to reach the goals that we'd LIKE to set for the US, relying on nuclear power to cut 20% of our carbon emissions by 2020 isn't feasible because nuclear power plants take much longer for planning and constructing than most of the other renewable energy sources do. But I don't know everything. The other campaign people take issue with is our stance on GMOs. One example I heard of was about our stance on the use of Golden Rice, rice genetically fortified with Vitamin A, in India to help reduce blindness. We've basically said that the crop wouldn't supply enough Vitamin A to have a significant impact while some GM groups say Greenpeace distorts/exaggerates the facts regarding the eco-friendlyness of GM crops and other bits information put forth by GMO proponents. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Greenpeace has said things to cover its ass as it is a big player in the political arena. But sir/ma'm, we are politically and financially independent and have stayed that way for 38 years with the support of people like you! But still, I think it's important get behind something, to actually get organized politically if you're going to bitch about an environmental or social issue. I feel like I'm doing more good than bad...
It's gonna be nice having a paid vacation until the 3rd and to have lots of time to research what exactly it is I'll be representing wearing my Greenpeace jacket every day. One thing I think people don't understand is that is no such thing as a saintly political group. Well, I think. We no doubt get more members among students, women, and people who have liberal party loyalties, inadvertently playing to demographics who already sympathize with what we're trying to accomplish. So I know firsthand our members aren't unbiased. But hey, welcome to the human race. I was definitely given the impression during training that we are an organization that totally stands up for truth, justice, equality, and are basically an idealist's wet dream. After the break I'm going to try and take some time with my bosses to iron out some discrepancies I find with what we say we do. Hypocrisy bad.