{"id":1078,"date":"2008-09-17T00:40:33","date_gmt":"2008-09-17T05:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2008-09-17T00:40:33","modified_gmt":"2008-09-17T05:40:33","slug":"mtv-teaches-panama-about-hypocrisy-destroys-rainforest-for-real-worldroad-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/mtv-teaches-panama-about-hypocrisy-destroys-rainforest-for-real-worldroad-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"MTV Teaches Panama About Hypocrisy: Destroys Rainforest for Real World\/Road Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MTVEditor’s Note: MTV’s Rainforest story <\/a>was also covered on our network by Sustainablog.org<\/a><\/em>.
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This US News headline —<\/strong> ‘Is MTV Being Hypocritical?’ — may seem a little obvious. But, this time, the mixed messages aren’t about body image issues or consumerism. The hypocrisy is about the environmen<\/strong>t.<\/p>\n

At the same time that people are praising the channel for bashing green-washing with their Switch<\/a> campaign, the crews of MTV are taking part in some green-washing of their own. Hmm, hypocrisy about<\/em> hypocrisy?<\/p>\n

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MTV launched the Switch campaign to try to teach people that not every thing that’s “green” is really green. And the TV ad that’s been all over the air-waves features a cartoon character singing a ‘green song’.<\/p>\n

And, wait, last year, MTV totally built the Real World houses with solar panels and sustainable wood. So, that means they’re cool right?<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, no. After the recent filming of the Real World\/Road Rules challenge on an uninhabited island in Panama, locals came back to find the beach and environment destroyed and rainforest demolished. All so that a tiki hut, road and generators could go up on the beach.<\/p>\n

See pictures of the devastation here.<\/a><\/p>\n

This, I think, is what the little cartoon guy was warning us about.<\/p>\n

Watch the ‘Green Song’ here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo Credit: MTV<\/p>\n

Read More About MTV’s Environmental ‘Efforts’:<\/strong><\/p>\n

MTV Taps Online Video to Kill Greenwashing
\n<\/a>MTV Cuts Down Rainforest for Reality TV Show
\n<\/a>MTV’s The Real World Goes Green?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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