Marriott To Save Rainforests by Paying Villagers
Posted Apr 9th 2008 3:02PM by Rigel Gregg
Filed under: Green
When it comes to fighting global warming and preserving the rainforests Marriott certainly gets points for trying, although how they're choosing to go about that effort is pretty surprising. Instead of doing what most hotel and resort chains do (switch to eco-friendly energy sources and recycle recycle recycle) they've hooked up with the Brazilians and are going to start
paying villagers in the Amazon to not cut down trees. Of course it's a lot more complicated than just sending some Amazonians a check for every day they refrain from logging illegally, but apparently that's the essence of the new deal. Strange? Yes. A marketing scheme? Yes. Over-all still beneficial to the environment? Yes. I say good for them.
Tags: amazon, deforestation, environment, global warming, GlobalWarming, green, marriott, rain forest, rain forests, RainForest, RainForests
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4-09-2008 @ 5:58PM
Marie said...
First of all dear Rigel, don't post something that is not related to the subject of this blog and make a comment about one thing that I know that you don't understand. When was the last time you were in the Amazon? People getting paid to not 'cut down' trees, sounds very bad, like people don't have anything else to do down there, except cutting down trees... "Oh, the telenovela is over, let's cut down a tree!! Oh no, we did that yesterday, let's have some coffee before!", this is how your comment sounded and I am offended.
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