Greenpeace

    While I’ve been away in Amsterdam for the past week (it was a business trip—really!), the Greenpeace Organizing Term has been working to raise ancient forest destruction awareness through out Wisconsin.
    Not content to make a splash only in the pretty college city of Madison, WI (a friend from Madison told me that his younger brother likes to surf on the lake wearing a Speedo!?!), last week the GOT team traveled to papermaking city of Neenah, WI, where Kimberly-Clark began its ancient forest destruction and continues to have a presence.
    One of their first activities there was creating a forest crime scene in front of KC’s central administrative offices in downtown Neenah. The GOTters stood with Forest Crime Scene banners, Wanted banners (“Wanted: Kimberly-Clark for Ancient Forest Destruction”), and delivered a letter to the executives based in Neenah. The Crime Scene lasted about 45 minutes, long enough to force KC employees to step over the Crime Scene tape when they left the building for lunch. (See www.kleercut.net/en/neenah for photos.)
    Other GOT activities in Neenah include paying a visit on KC Board Member John Bergstrom’s Hummer dealership. (Why are the bad guys always so bad? It’s so poetic it kills me.) Bergstrom owns dozens of car dealerships through out the town, but at this particular one, the GOTtes held a banner that read “John Bergstrom of Kimberly-Clark: Driving Ancient Forest Destruction.” NBC’s only regional environmental reporter filmed a very positive piece that went live on the 5 PM news.
    So the GOT this summer is rocking. But don’t just take it from me. Here’s what Diana Silbergeld, GOT coordinator extraordinaire says: “The students have become an effective, tight team and today’s event [she’s referring to the Bergstrom festivities] was smooth and inspiring. The GOT team are professional messengers of the Kleercut campaign, sneaky activists with their poster hanging and banner unfurling, and have sent a clear warning to Kimberly-Clark in the best Greenpeace spirit.”
    Sounds good to me! As they say in Amsterdam, Go GOT go!