http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2009/11/10/hacking-the-tar-sands-some-early-thoughts/ In search of a better way to live and make a living, and a better understanding of how the world really works. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:57:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2009/11/10/hacking-the-tar-sands-some-early-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-14832 Keith Farnish Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:55:19 +0000 http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2009/11/10/hacking-the-tar-sands-some-early-thoughts/#comment-14832 <a></a>Hi DaveI read through this again, and noticed a reference to The Yes Men. Have you read the latest additions to my "100 Ways To Undermine The Industrial Machine" (<a href="http://earth-blog.bravejournal.com/entry/40952" rel="nofollow">http://earth-blog.bravejournal.com/entry/40952</a>)? I have been adding some ideas that you might find useful. Some of the more relevant ones are:· Pretend you work for a company, and call up radio and TV stations to speak on their behalf. Expose the truth behind the company.· Call up politicians posing as company representatives, offering them funding in exchange for political favours. Record the conversations and if they suggest impropriety, send them anonymously to media outlets.· Buy the domain name of a fictional PR company, and send out Hi DaveI read through this again, and noticed a reference to The Yes Men. Have you read the latest additions to my “100 Ways To Undermine The Industrial Machine” (http://earth-blog.bravejournal.com/entry/40952)? I have been adding some ideas that you might find useful. Some of the more relevant ones are:· Pretend you work for a company, and call up radio and TV stations to speak on their behalf. Expose the truth behind the company.· Call up politicians posing as company representatives, offering them funding in exchange for political favours. Record the conversations and if they suggest impropriety, send them anonymously to media outlets.· Buy the domain name of a fictional PR company, and send out

]]> http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2009/11/10/hacking-the-tar-sands-some-early-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-14831 John Banfill Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:31:33 +0000 http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2009/11/10/hacking-the-tar-sands-some-early-thoughts/#comment-14831 <a></a>It is good to start this as a blog but if you want it to grow and receive other ideas turn it into a wiki where all can add to the collective knowledge and the different facets can be developed.I guess there are a couple of observations that I would make. It is totally all about the money - so anywhere you can affect this aspect from law suits to bad public relations will be the right target. Secondly, it will take a large public education campaign to let people know what the toxic tailings ponds etc are actually doing so they will be encouraged to be your ally. Make it easy for people on the ground in the industry that actually know what is going on to report on it anonymously. Not everyone working for the tar sands companies is a loyal friend of the companies. It is good to start this as a blog but if you want it to grow and receive other ideas turn it into a wiki where all can add to the collective knowledge and the different facets can be developed.I guess there are a couple of observations that I would make. It is totally all about the money – so anywhere you can affect this aspect from law suits to bad public relations will be the right target. Secondly, it will take a large public education campaign to let people know what the toxic tailings ponds etc are actually doing so they will be encouraged to be your ally. Make it easy for people on the ground in the industry that actually know what is going on to report on it anonymously. Not everyone working for the tar sands companies is a loyal friend of the companies.

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