Greenwash-day Blues
(or why you shouldn’t believe Corporate PR about the environmental
benefits they claim to bring).
“Beyond
Petroleum” it’s called
That’s
the latest moniker for BP,
I
can’t understand it personally,
It
just sounds like garbage to me.
It’s
slick advertising you know
Where
they’re adding a new sheen
They’re
covering up the reality
And
making loud claims that they’re green.
They
spend more on their marketing
Than
they do on their “green” actions
Their
practices haven’t changed all that much
The
difference is measured in fractions.
They’re
spouting new words & new slogans
But
to me it all sounds just like tosh
They’re
not really eco-friendly
It’s
just a new veneer of greenwash.
For
the oil companies are ripping the earth
Working
in every geography
This
kind of coy covering up
Can
only be called eco-pornography.
The
factories poison the earth,
The
airlines are polluting the sky.
It’s
hard to live without oil or travel
But
we’re going to have to try.
For
the planet is coughing & choking
The
natural world sits in pollution
We’ve
got to find some much better ways
And
look for sustainable solutions.
We
all know that there’s a problem
And
it’s bad enough being the cause
Without
pretending to be helping
Whilst
carrying on without any pause.
So
let’s have some integrity and truth
In
all of the verbal exchanges
Let’s
not have more of this hogwash
But
spend the budget on real changes.
And
let’s stop this carbon-offset nonsense
We
all know that it’s playing a game
It
makes no tangible difference
And
leaves the air choking just the same.
We
can’t stop the cows & sheep farting
It’s
just what they do all of the day
We
need to find a better approach
We
need to find an easier way.
It’s no good all of us doing
our bit
With re-cycling our rubbish
& waste
If big companies carry on
just the same
Well – it sure leaves a bad
taste.
The governments & the
countries
Need to find a way to agree
It’s down to all of the big
boys
Not just little you
and me.
Copyright Andy Fawthrop 2016
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