AVAAZ: The Pygmalion Virus in Three Acts – Act Two

ACT TWO
‘Establishing ‘heroes’ and ‘villains’ adds a moral element that will advance advocacy efforts.’ – ‘Mobilizing Climate Action, To Paris and Beyond’ retreat, March 4 – 6, 2015, New York
Here it is critical to highlight the ‘Mobilizing Climate Action, To Paris and Beyond’ retreat held March 4 – 6, 2015, in Tarrytown, New York. As it is here that the hierarchy is laid bare and cannot be contested. The organizer of the retreat was the United Nations [9] with the retreat itself being financially facilitated by foundations (in this instance, the Clarmondial Foundation and The Stanley Foundation).
The congregation consists of numerous participants that all play a vital role: corporate financiers that rule the corridors of power by way of their purse strings, public relations and media, and the institutions and NGOs that reside at the helm of the socially influential non-profit industrial complex:
The United Nations, World Bank, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, We Mean Business (represented by co-founder Callum Grieve [10]), 350.org (represented by co-founder Jamie Henn) Upworthy (co-founded by Avaaz co-founder Eli Pariser), Avaaz, Here Now (Purpose, sister for-profit arm of Avaaz) World Economic Forum, GCCA (TckTckTck), World Business Council for Sustainable Development (chaired by Unilever CEO Paul Polman), Greenpeace, Unilever, and The Climate Reality Project (founded by Al Gore, co-founder of Generation Investment).
Mobilizing Climate Action, To Paris and Beyond retreat participants:

This post was published at 21st Century Wire on AUGUST 22, 2017.