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In China, You Can't Be Green If You Wear Fur

by John Laumer, Philadelphia on 03.31.07
Business & Politics

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Thank goodness the developed world is not subject to such fractiousness. Otherwise, how would anything positive be accomplished by Kyoto signatories in the face of climate disaster? Via: The Electric New Paper:- At China's annual session of parliament, the actress Gong Li "put forward a proposal to clean up the environment. However, after the state-run media splashed photos of the star with a fur over her shoulders, there have since been cries for her removal from the political body, reported AFP...A youth website did an online poll and found that of the more than 12,000 respondents, 52 percent said Gong Li had no right to serve in the lower house, while 26 percent said she was vastly unqualified...Others felt that it was 'shameless' for her to wear fur while talking about the environment, and some even called for her to be 'punished'." The context for the actress' statement, apparently, was "the importance and urgency of processing garbage, sewage and excess gas,..." Indeed. Image credit: China Information

Comments (5)

You have to admit, fur is a renewable resource :P

jump to top Scott_T says:

The Fur Collar WAS fake!

The :"cries" have been from one woman who is a singer who wants her 15 min of fame .So dumb.

jump to top Randy says:

Fake or not, it was a pretty absent-minded choice on her part.

TH also covered Gong Li's proposal here:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/gong_li.php

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jump to top alexp says:

"Pollution caused by inappropriate processing, especially coloring the fur, has also become a headache," Cheng said last week during the 30th China Fur & Leather Products Forum in Beijing.

--(Business Weekly 01/20/2004 page9)
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2004-01/20/content_301682.htm


jump to top No Fur says:

In New Zealand some of the members of the Green Party have fur seat covers on their parliamentary seats.
You heard me right. The reason is that it is Possum fur and the Possum (a native of Australia) is a major environmental pest here which browses and empoverished native forests and even attacks native bird chicks. Possum poisoning, hunting & trapping has a huge beneficial impact on the number of native birds an an area.
So go green, buy & wear NZ possum fur!

Benjamin

jump to top Benjamin Franzmayr says:

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