Green selling sold

by Renton de Alwis

It’s about selling and being sold
no matter what, no matter how.
To think selling your mother,
I mean Mother Nature… is ok
is despicable

Green selling is big business
consultant, politician, strategist, conservationist, marketer.
All sell for fees… for profit and profiting.
Speaking eco, seemingly being eco is lucrative.
A web of life is spun,
like the roulette wheel
It’s deplorable

Talk comes cheap
to act, to live simply, make food not weapons
is tough, nor comes cheap
presentations made at fora
exhibit at exhibition, tags and labels
all come easy with more money in it
for the making
consultant, politician, strategist, conservationist, marketer
all make money, selling out Mother Nature
It’s simply sad.  

Lest we know
who sells, sold, what, where and how.
Be fooled by them that sell & sold.
Wool over our eyes
sweet words for our ears.
Games go on, on and on
Green selling sold
reports, studies, EIAs, research, promotion
Games go on, on and on.    

Regardless
let each weave our own web
in the bosom of Mother Nature.

A firm NO to green selling sold.


A repost of a verse written in 2011