ECO-PEACE: A Call for Social Accountability Chain saws are at war with forests Bulldozers battle earth Smokestacks prick skies As oil is sucked from dirt – "ABC Inc. is dedicated to ecology & cares about this planet's health. We recycle 10% of our products to preserve ecological wealth." Strip mines gouge our planet's skin Damns constrict its capillaries Roads create toxic asphalt slashes While tail pipes poison the air we breathe – "ABC is an eco-company with a varied clientele. We work hard to preserve our image & are experts at disinformation & stealth." Ahh, this is so easy to say until acknowledging how deeply we are linked to ABC. Satoru: It's too easy to rant about how evil corporations destroy the environment without considering our own lifestyles. Frida: Yeah, honest "eco-friendly" living is not easy. Ying: Eco-friendly – I wonder what that word really means. Dmiritri: Perhaps we need a sort of 'Green Rangers'? Frida: (laughing cynically) Green Rangers? Huh? Haven't you been reading too many comic books? Dmiritri: No – I'm serious. We need be eco-missionaries to help this planet survive. Frida: Aren't there enough missionaries already? ===================================================================================== from Peace Pieces: Reflections on Violence and Conflict Resolution by T Newfields SUMMARY: A poem about the contradictions inherent in industrialism and dialog about social responsibility. KEYWORDS: green poetry, doublespeak, eco-rants, eco-friendly lifestyle Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 1996 in Shizuoka, Japan ⩝ Finished: 2019 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/PeacePoems/join.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/PeacePoems/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/PeacePoems/war.htm Translations French: https://www.tnewfields.info/fr/ecopax.htm German: https://www.tnewfields.info/de/eco.htm Japanese: https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/ep.htm Spanish: https://www.tnewfields.info/es/ep.htm