Palm Oil | Deforestation Watch

Written by Drew Williams
Friday, 11 May 2012
One of my nephews brought a book of Magic Eye images to a family gathering. Magic Eye images look like ordinary two-dimensional patterns, but when viewed in a certain way, the flat surface appears three-dimensional. We took turns trying to train our eyes to make the three-dimensional image pop out. One family member had trouble seeing the extra dimension. That appears to be the trouble with the cabal of “green” and “civil society” groups such as Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth (FOE), the WWF and even zoos like the Melbourne Zoo, the Auckland Zoo and the Philly Zoo.
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Written by Drew Williams
Friday, 04 May 2012
Scientists who study sharks tell us that they are most likely to attack when they sense blood in the water. The blood acts as a trigger to their feeding mechanism and they attack, often in a group, creating a deadly feeding frenzy. Blood in the water marks the vulnerability of the target. Sadly, this is sometimes how people respond to those who are hurting. This happens in schools, the office and even in the neighborhood. Instead of being a community where people are loved, cared for, and nurtured, it can become a dangerous environment where predators are looking for the “blood in the water” of someone’s failings or faults. And then the feeding frenzy is on. Instead of kicking people when they are down, we should be offering encouragement by helping to restore the fallen. In many ways, this explains the behavior of “green” and “civil society” groups such as Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth (FOE), the Rainforest Action Network (RAN), the WWF and even zoos such as the Melbourne Zoo and Auckland Zoo who viciously assail the innocent third world commodity with a litany of trumped up charges ranging from the supposed deleterious health effects of palm oil to massive deforestation to threatening the extinction of exotic wildlife like the orangutan!
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Written by Drew Williams
Friday, 27 April 2012
Christmas is supposed to be a time of generosity and goodwill. However, the acts of generosity and goodwill that flourishes in December often fade quickly, causing many to say, “I wish we could keep the Christmas spirit all year long.” Why does it seem that kindness and compassion are chained to the calendar? Is there an ever-flowing fountain of compassion deeper than warm holiday feelings that pass with the season? However, the entire cabal of “green” and “civil society” groups such as the Rainforest Action Network (RAN), Greenpeace, the Friends of the earth (FOE), the WWF and even zoos like the Melbourne Zoo, the Auckland Zoo and the Philly Zoo, appear to be bereft of the redeeming human qualities of generosity, goodwill or compassion.
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