Although this Greenepeace ‘Detox’ commercial has some sort of message about how Nike and Adidas are polluting the environment or something, I was too busy looking at all the cool sneakers to notice it.
In press conferences and perpetually looped commercials, BP has repeatedly promised to cleanup every drop of oil that was spilled even if it wasn’t all their fault. Then what’s with all the tarballs Greenpeace found on Horn Island near a “protected turtle nest”?
Greenpeace activists fanned out across London today and temporarily closed dozens of BP gas stations early Tuesday. The environmental group says they disrupted a total of 46 locations by using special shut-off switches that disabled pumps. Timed with the ouster of CEO Tony Hayward, protesters blasted the oil company for their dirty oil procuring ways and general evilness. (Photo: Greenpeace)
Jerked off to by graphic designers the world over since its introduction in 2000, British (sorry, “Beyond”) Petroleum’s sparkling pretty trademark symbol is a bit misleading, what with all that green and yellow seeming to posit that they’re actually a sunflower-friendly solar energy company. Well Greenpeace UK, in response to the Gulf oil “spill,” placed this ad in today’s Guardian inviting the public to break out their color pencils. For you digital-savvy folk, you can also enter online here. (here’s the entries so far). The competition runs until June 28th. That Tony Hayward quote from last May is a gem. Jump for a video of Greenpeace activists rebranding bp’s London headquarters with a new flag and logo. Read more »
Parting Shot: Spill Over
Greenpeace activists dressed as oil barrels, trees, animals, and solar panels were removed by authorities in Brazil during the BRIC summit on Thursday.
Parting Shot: Frozen Stiff
Greenpeace hates billionaire oil tycoon David Koch (his brother too) and set up a “Climate Crime Scene” outside of the theater at Lincoln Center bearing his name in Manhattan today.
Photo: Michael Nagle/Greenpeace
Today, as President Obama threw out the first pitch for opening day at Washington Nationals Stadium, Greenpeace unfurled a banner asking him to respect a moratorium on commercial whaling. Unfortunately, he was too busy throwing like a girl to notice.
Photo: Robert Meyers/Greenpeace
Remember the episode of The Office when the ‘Nard Dog couldn’t remember the product name from the Kit Kat jingle? Well, I just wanted to put that tune in your mind to get you hankering for those créme-filled chocolate wafers. Are ya hankering? Now, make sure you’ve got a garbage can handy to boot into as you watch this video from Greenpeace UK. Read more »
I think we can all agree that the icebergs are melting. Good! Safer shipping lanes. Easy Gore, I’m kidding. Here’s the latest climate change video from Greenpeace trying to guilt you into buying a hybrid. Warning: it’s got a cold deadly twist. Read more »
The UN Climate Change Conference (look, penguins!) begins Monday in Copenhagen. Greenpeace and TckTckTck have collaborated to greet the leaders of the free world with dour Photoshopped-aged visages of the men (and Germany’s Angela Merkel) from the year 2020. The posters, which all feature the same lame fake scare-quote, have been erected all over the city’s airport. (click gallery) President Change looks so hopeless, Nicolas Sarkozy looks so angry and bloaty, and the UK’s Gordon Brown looks exactly the same, except grayer. Eight leaders in all are tweaked. Who knows? Maybe appealing to these egomaniacs’ vanity will accomplish something. |Images via: Creative Review|
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