Talk:Earth Policy Institute

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:00, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Independence of the Institute

The article states it's "neoliberal" but I understood from their website that they are not sponsored by any corporations (most "neoliberal" group are) so this might be confusing. I would like to see the word "independent" to appear in the article, but haven't edited anything yet as I'm a novice wiki editor User: kamiel79 —Preceding undated comment added 17:44, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

It is always a deplorable omission, here or anywhere, when we do not know who funds a particular organisation. Sure, they solicit donations on their websites, but when you look at the 'apparatus' they sustain, you'd have to think it is not enough and we all know "he who pays the piper calls the tune".

I am writing this to increase the awareness that we must always know who funds these organisations which intend to influence us in topics related to politics, and especially if they cost us money or have an impact on health.

Just a few days ago, I read that the Earth Institute predicts 3 Billion additional people on this planet by 2050, or 10.5 Billion total population. It was not said why they have abandoned their previous statements of 'plateauing at 9 Billion', or whether they applaud that or not. I do not think anyone can have an 'independent' neutral attitude towards that. Maybe it was to prepare the ground for more GM foods? But just like Vladimir Putin's Russia we need to know who funds NGOs and make sure they do not exercise undemocratic influence, i.e. influence from outside the country which may be detrimental to the domestic population's interests. We have one very prominent refugee lawyer/advocate/migration agent (David Manne) here in Australia whose court cases have cost the Australian taxpayer billions of Dollars in too generous asylum seeker policy implementation. It is not clear, who funds Manne's operation because it is highly unlikely that donations could be high enough. Maybe he takes/they take really high fees when getting people into Australia.

::: I would like to create a movement (as it were): 'Tell me whose bread you eat, because I need to know whose song you sing'. Ally Hauptmann-Gurski 144.136.192.37 (talk) 01:15, 21 July 2013 (UTC)Italic text

Deletion?

• No. An editor has proposed deletion for this article. Please do not. This is a legitimate subject by itself; it is not the same subject as its founder, Brown. Rlsheehan (talk) 19:53, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

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