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Wednesday, 17 February 2016

Greenwash-day Blues

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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