Comments on: The Nature Conservancy’s Mark Tercek sees REDD http://www.marcgunther.com/2009/09/13/the-nature-conservancys-mark-tercek-sees-redd/ This blog is about the impact of business on society. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:27:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Peter T. Knight http://www.marcgunther.com/2009/09/13/the-nature-conservancys-mark-tercek-sees-redd/comment-page-1/#comment-283618 Peter T. Knight Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:53:44 +0000 http://www.marcgunther.com/?p=1930#comment-283618 It’s good to know that someone with such intelligence, integrity and background is leading the Conservancy. But this makes The Nature Conservancy’s exhibition, Design for a Living World, now running at the Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York City, an even greater disappointment. The concept is laudable: find markets for natural materials in far-away places, to promote sustainable livelihoods. The exhibition, which starts a national tour in 2010, must have been conceived in the irrationally exuberant days when Mark was helping Goldman turn over more than the GDP of many of the developing nations the Conservancy’s design exercise is designed to help. This is relevant to REDD because that too depends on devising sustainable livelihoods. The exhibition fails because of green elitism. Instead of working with Walmart or Target to find every-day uses for the wools, woods and tree saps, the Conservancy commissioned high-end designers whose products are destined for the rarified stores attached to museums like the Cooper-Hewitt. A great opportunity lost. Maybe Mark, with his working class roots, will put a stop to such silly, elitist exercises. The success of REDD depends on well-grounded leadership. Peter T. Knight Context America It’s good to know that someone with such intelligence, integrity and background is leading the Conservancy. But this makes The Nature Conservancy’s exhibition, Design for a Living World, now running at the Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York City, an even greater disappointment.

The concept is laudable: find markets for natural materials in far-away places, to promote sustainable livelihoods. The exhibition, which starts a national tour in 2010, must have been conceived in the irrationally exuberant days when Mark was helping Goldman turn over more than the GDP of many of the developing nations the Conservancy’s design exercise is designed to help.

This is relevant to REDD because that too depends on devising sustainable livelihoods.

The exhibition fails because of green elitism. Instead of working with Walmart or Target to find every-day uses for the wools, woods and tree saps, the Conservancy commissioned high-end designers whose products are destined for the rarified stores attached to museums like the Cooper-Hewitt.

A great opportunity lost. Maybe Mark, with his working class roots, will put a stop to such silly, elitist exercises. The success of REDD depends on well-grounded leadership.

Peter T. Knight
Context America

]]> By: Aaron Divine http://www.marcgunther.com/2009/09/13/the-nature-conservancys-mark-tercek-sees-redd/comment-page-1/#comment-283614 Aaron Divine Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:59:35 +0000 http://www.marcgunther.com/?p=1930#comment-283614 The Nature Conservancy/Goldman Sachs=Accelerated Global Warming Never even crossed my mind until now! There is no better way to get control of the global trade in carbon than to get in bed with the largest owner of sequestered carbon??? It kinda stops being funny when the existence of the world as we know it is in the balance. Thanks for making me aware of this relationship. Aaron Divine The Nature Conservancy/Goldman Sachs=Accelerated Global Warming

Never even crossed my mind until now!

There is no better way to get control of the global trade in carbon than to get in bed with the largest owner of sequestered carbon???

It kinda stops being funny when the existence of the world as we know it is in the balance.

Thanks for making me aware of this relationship.
Aaron Divine

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