Enviro-Fraud ? Real “Environmentalists” don’t use that term for themselves

In the several decades I’ve been helping out protecting our environment, I have yet to hear a single person who genuinely obtains significant environmental protection (not just talks about it or merely works to do so) call themselves an “Environmentalist.”

The real heroes doing the heavy lifting year after year like Tim Hermach, Kieran Suckling and Peter Galvin, and Jim Bensman and their myriad colleagues never say anything like that (and I’ve certainly never claimed to be one.)

In fact the only people I’ve heard claim to be an “Environmentalist” (however you define it) – clearly are not.

Take George Bush (the 1rst) for example. He claimed to be “The Environmental President.”

“That’s why I’ll be a big conservation, environmental President, because I plan to fish and hunt as much as I possibly can.”

Texas governor Ann Richards exposed that silliness using her slow, Texas, inimitable, dramatic drawl —

“You can put lipstick on a hog . . . and call it Monique, . . . but it is still a pig.”

Of course Ann gave it far more power than us merely reading it here. 🙂

So when you hear someone claiming to be an “Environmentalist” (do the names Sandy Koffman, Dave Potter the contractor, and the Developer Dan Cort come to mind?) – grab your wallet or purse and hug those trees tight !