The need for new campaigning strategies
OneWorld.Net's
Environmental Activism page has posted a link to an interesting
article written for
Society Guardian, by former UK environment minister
John Gummer MP, on the recent
loss of influence experienced by international NGOs...
Ironically, Mr. Gummer suggests that this loss of influence has happened just as many NGOs have succeeded in securing
unparallelled access to governments + international summits.
In particular, the article highlights the
problems campaigners face, in a world where
shock tactics no longer work as they once did and the public is increasingly
jaded + cynical.
At the same time, environmental + development NGOs have so far demonstrated wildly
differing abilities to adapt to
working from inside the corridors of power and of developing
credible yet radical agendas capable of enhancing our
debate of the options available to society.