Dow Live Earth overrun by zombies, protests
On April 18th, a series of 6km runs (6km because that is the average distance a woman in the developing world must walk daily for water) was held in various locations all over the world. These events called 'Live Earth' are being done for the sake of 'helping to solve the water crisis' which leaves so many people without access to safe drinking water. Unforunately, Live Earth allowed Dow Chemical Company to sponsor the events, turning what would be an important education event, into a green-washing opportunity for Dow.
In solidarity with the people of Bhopal as well as other communities affected by Dow's poisons, ICJB held counter protests and many of the events.
Bhopal Groups Subvert Dow-funded Live Earth Run for Water in Delhi
Hindustan Sea Turtle Alliance (HASTA), organizers of the Live Earth Run for Water in New Delhi, revealed on April 18 that they were a fictitious group set up to expose the global event as Dow Chemical’s attempt to sidestep its legal responsibilities by engaging in greenwash. The Dow Live Earth Run for water has received millions of dollars in sponsorship from Dow allegedly to increase awareness about issues of global water scarcity. See the video here.
Dow Live Earth Overrun by Zombies in NYC
Groups in Atlanta Call Dow Out at Live Earth
When the runners reached the finish line at the sparsely attended Atlanta’s Live Earth “Run for Water” sponsored by Dow Chemical on April 18th, a small row of people holding signs, banners, petitions, some appropriately marked faux-contaminated water that some residents of Bhopal, India have been left to consume because of Dow and flyers about Dow’s environmental violations around the world greeted them along with the race organizers and other vendors at Pemberton Place in downtown Atlanta.
Protesters in the Oakland, CA confront Live Earth
More protesters than runners showed up in Oakland, CA
It is both absurd and appalling that a global mobilization effort for clean water was supported by Dow Chemical, one of the world’s worst polluters which still refuses to take full responsibility for the world’s greatest industrial disaster in Bhopal in 1984, writes Sudarshan Suresh in the Siliconer. Read the full Op-Ed here.
