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Flight couture for the climate?/

Fake fakery fakes fakers into kicking out real fake!

GOAL: Expose two COP26 "net zero" membership lists as pure corporate greenwashing with absolutely no grounding in science.
SUCCESS: 6/10. While some outlets very much got the point, others were so confused they... well, didn't write about it. We don't blame them!

  • Tag24: FAKE REVEALS, REAL LESSONS: HOW GLASGOW'S CLIMATE ACTIVISTS PRANKED COP26 AND WHY IT MATTERS (archive)
  • The Guardian: It’s time for news of an elaborate Monday morning practical joke.... (orig link)
  • Eliz Mizon Substack: YASAVA *is* a Real 'Private Jet Couture' Company: The Yes Men's COP26 Double Bluff - by Eliz Mizon - Chompsky: Power and Pop Culture (archive)
  • The Canary: Hilarious COP26 prank highlights the absurd level of corporate capture at the conference - The Canary (archive)
  • Global Circulate: New Green Claims Code Published - Global Circulate (archive)
  • The National (Scotland): COP26 bosses fall for prank jet firm in The Yes Men 'greenwashing' stunt | The National (orig link)
  • The National (Scotland): Search results: "the yes men" yasava (orig link)
  • The National (Scotland): COP26 bosses fall for prank jet firm in The Yes Men 'greenwashing' stunt
  • The Scotsman: COP26: Daily briefing from UN summit on climate change for Monday, November 8 | The Scotsman (archive)
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Go impersonate the villain of your choice.

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Go build a website for an entity you wish existed.

Learn how here!

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Do something.

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Dress up as zombies and take over your city.

Kinda like this...

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Dig a pipeline right through the middle of a city.

Including the graveyards. 

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