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I work for a fairly conservative environmental nonprofit. A few years ago our grant writer -- a rich girl of the Nature Conservancy type -- applied for an environmental award of $10K from Chevron. To her delight and the rest of the staff's half-chagrin -- we won. Since we're not in the habit of turning down money, the whole staff went to receive the money at an award presentation at Chevron's HQ. (Until the late 90's Chevron had been headquartered in San Francisco. By this time, they had decamped to what I'd call a "soft military" or maybe "hard gated-community" compound in the SF suburb of San Ramon). After the guards checked under my Ford Escort with what looked like a giant dental mirror, I found myself at a scrumptious feast -- sushi bar, chocolate fountain, omelette station, the whole bit. Anyhow, the featured speaker was none other than Jared Diamond who proceeded to gush about Chevron's operations in New Guinea. We all felt sick about greenwashing Chevron for a measly $10K and the next day our staff didn't much want to talk about it, except the rich girl, who couldn't stop talking about it. Later she took a job with The Nature Conservancy. I did manage to walk away with pockets full of sushi. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
