Thank You North Face
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- Been_Jammin
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Thank You North Face
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH0UjtGCgU4
Has anyone seen this PR campaign put out by an oil and gas industry executive? He thanks The North Face for being such a good oil and gas customer. I think the campaign put up billboards also. He makes some good points regarding The North Face's hypocrisy (and hypocrisy of the outdoor industry as a whole).
Has anyone seen this PR campaign put out by an oil and gas industry executive? He thanks The North Face for being such a good oil and gas customer. I think the campaign put up billboards also. He makes some good points regarding The North Face's hypocrisy (and hypocrisy of the outdoor industry as a whole).
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- Dave B
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Re: Thank You North Face
95% of the outdoor industry is there only to fuel needless consumerism, I'm surprised it's taken this long for as relevant a rebuttal as this. Patagonia is especially obnoxious about it, regardless of how much smoke and feel good vibes they blow.
Make wilderness less accessible.
Re: Thank You North Face
Awesome response, this guy is totally right. Too many people in this country have built their entire personality around virtue signaling to others about how morally superior they are.
What is hilarious is that if we were to dramatically increase the electrification of everything, hikers and outdoors people would end up being the biggest consumers of petroleum left in this country with our demand for the materials for outdoor clothes and gear.
What is hilarious is that if we were to dramatically increase the electrification of everything, hikers and outdoors people would end up being the biggest consumers of petroleum left in this country with our demand for the materials for outdoor clothes and gear.
Re: Thank You North Face
I love it.Been_Jammin wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 10:26 am https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH0UjtGCgU4
Has anyone seen this PR campaign put out by an oil and gas industry executive? He thanks The North Face for being such a good oil and gas customer. I think the campaign put up billboards also. He makes some good points regarding The North Face's hypocrisy (and hypocrisy of the outdoor industry as a whole).
Heres another one.
"The North Face Presented With Award By Colorado Oil And Gas Association"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xanjOeF1j5o
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- cottonmountaineering
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Re: Thank You North Face
dont disagree with anything the video said. we're all part of the system, but trying to reduce our footprint seems like a no brainer
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Re: Thank You North Face
dude is just pissed because he didn't get his company name on a north face jacket. I'm curious what liberty's goals are to reduce their impact on climate change....
https://www.thenorthface.com/approach/r ... nding.html
https://www.libertyfrac.com/our-company ... ur-impact/
https://www.thenorthface.com/approach/r ... nding.html
https://www.libertyfrac.com/our-company ... ur-impact/
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Re: Thank You North Face
You may be dramatically underestimating how much plastic is in use.tmud wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 10:44 am What is hilarious is that if we were to dramatically increase the electrification of everything, hikers and outdoors people would end up being the biggest consumers of petroleum left in this country with our demand for the materials for outdoor clothes and gear.
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Re: Thank You North Face
Honestly this is hilarious. I don’t love the oil and gas industry but will always support calling out the hypocrisy.
- Jon Frohlich
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Re: Thank You North Face
Patagonia's marketing tactic as a champion of the environment works for them even though it's hypocritical as hell. At least it works for Chouinard. It made him a billionaire after all.
- disentangled
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Re: Thank You North Face
hahaha.... the more Patagonia promotes anti-consumerism, the more they sell. oh yeah... they're saving planet earth. for sure.Jon Frohlich wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 4:36 pmPatagonia's marketing tactic as a champion of the environment works for them even though it's hypocritical as hell. At least it works for Chouinard. It made him a billionaire after all.
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Re: Thank You North Face
Strange times indeed when we start relying on oil and gas executives to call out hypocrisy.
Blowing up people in their homes:
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/10/29/f ... -anadarko/
Leaving behind 60,000 unplugged wells for taxpayers to clean up:
https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.4/south-e ... as-cleanup
https://coloradosun.com/2021/04/01/orph ... en-bennet/
Running good-neighbor ads while cutting safety measures:
https://medium.com/westwise/anadarko-sp ... 9e738bbce6
Blowing up people in their homes:
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/10/29/f ... -anadarko/
Leaving behind 60,000 unplugged wells for taxpayers to clean up:
https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.4/south-e ... as-cleanup
https://coloradosun.com/2021/04/01/orph ... en-bennet/
Running good-neighbor ads while cutting safety measures:
https://medium.com/westwise/anadarko-sp ... 9e738bbce6
- wombat
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Re: Thank You North Face
Alas, the North Face parent company bought a private jet terminal for their execs. I am sure they buy the "offsets" though, so all is well.