GoonanismA Sporadic mix of the personal, political and programming

My frustration with the Green movement was a motivation for my thesis. There are many interlinking problems. My post below about Monbiot serves to highlight the lack of radicalism, while this post on the Center for Media and Democracy’s blog points to the lack of grassroots mobilisation.

What began as a formidable popular movement has turned into competing non-profit companies that merely use their grassroots members for fundraising, failing to empower them to become the political force needed for real change. Thirty-five years after the first Earth Day, a revolution is needed in the ranks of the greens. Until the environmental movement rebuilds itself from the grassroots up and demands accountability from the top down, it will continue its losing ways.