By Michellina van Loder For me, the song, ‘Teenage Crime’, is associated with dead birds on the sand; the obesity-inducing, type-2-diabetes-contributing drink, Coca-Cola; blood boiling and Tony Abbott’s semantic play with words “climate variables” instead of climate change; corporate irresponsibility; and the kindness of Swedish dance music producer, DJ Adrian Lux, of Swedish … [Read more...] about Dead Birds on the Sand
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Greenpeace: Plant Breeding without Engineering
Plant breeding without genetic engineering. Cause it's a thing, yeh? … [Read more...] about Greenpeace: Plant Breeding without Engineering
Help: Activists held at gunpoint in the Russian Arctic
Hey there, Anyone who knows Greenpeace, or even of them, would know that they are an organisation who hold the value of peace in high esteem. So how the hell do they get accused of trying to bomb the Russians? Is it a lie? A bullying tactic by another Big Corporation to get their own way? A stand over tactic? Perhaps it's all three, my dear fellow bloggers. In case you … [Read more...] about Help: Activists held at gunpoint in the Russian Arctic
Greenpeace’s new ‘Coca-Cola’ Clip, Dead Birds, and the Bystander Effect
On the eve of Coca-Cola Amatil’s AGM, Greenpeace has launched a television advertisement skewering the beverage giant’s efforts to sabotage a national ‘Cash for Containers’ scheme: the 'Stop Coca-Cola trashing Australia', YouTube clip plays on Coke's use of happy youths sipping Coca-Cola to the back drop of popular music in its marketing. But suddenly birds start dropping out … [Read more...] about Greenpeace’s new ‘Coca-Cola’ Clip, Dead Birds, and the Bystander Effect
Coca Cola, Listen up: We’ve Had a Gut-full of your Rubbish!
As a parent of a teenager, I always feared we'd end up fighting over all the rebellious issues that I struggled with: drugs, going out with questionable characters, getting into fast cars, and an even faster lifestyle. No, we don't have gun-toting bikies, or men that are far too old for that genuinely sugar-sweet innocence hiding behind her artfully cultivated heavy-metal … [Read more...] about Coca Cola, Listen up: We’ve Had a Gut-full of your Rubbish!