The Northern Forest Alliance is a prime example of what has happened to the environmental movement. Modern Environmentalism began with a fervent grassroots concern that our way of life was irreversibly destroying many of the natural resources on which our children’s lives would depend. In many ways this concern was well founded. But society has changed in the intervening years. We do not tolerate the destructive practices of the past and have established overlapping government institutions to prevent their reoccurrence.
Environmentalism has not grown with these changes, but is stuck in its genesis of crisis. It has gradually institutionalized until it has become a massive Environmental Complex, with structure and motivation similar to the Military Industrial Complex of yore.
As real crises abated, environmental institutions became driven largely by internal financial needs. Environmental principles have receded while the membership has become little more than a legitimizing agent for the leadership. An environmentalist hierarchy has developed with the funding sources at the top. Wealthy, super elitist foundations grant $425 million per year to environmental groups, but with strings attached. Environmental groups must follow the dictates of these foundations or perish. Employees of environmental groups and government agencies must follow the wishes of the environmentalist establishment or risk a blocked career path.
Tree huggers have found the money tree- the dominant species in an emergent faustian ecosystem. Such a system can never be sustainable, but we should do our best to expose it now before more people get hurt.
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