Hey, remember Earth Hour? Of course you do. It’s that very important event on the last Saturday night of every March, when everybody’s supposed to turn off their lights for an hour so they can feel better about themselves as they bumble around stubbing their toes the Earth will be saved from the ravages of Global Warming. Yay! This vital awareness-raising stunt was concocted by the World Wildlife Fund, because it has something to do with animals, presumably. Double yay!
And now the WWF has another way you can save the planet and all the animals on it (emphasis mine):
Around the World: A Private Jet Expedition
Join us on a remarkable 25-day journey by a luxury private jet. Touch down in some of the most astonishing places on the planet to see the top wildlife, including gorillas, orangutans, rhinos, lemurs and toucans. Explore natural and cultural treasures in remote areas of South America, the South Pacific, Southeast Asia and Africa.
To reach these remote corners, travel on a specially outfitted private jet that carries just 88 passengers in business-class comfort. World-class experts — including WWF’s director of species conservation — will provide a series of lectures en route, and a professional staff will be devoted to making your global adventure seamless and memorable.
Prices start at $65,000 per person. What’s that? Too steep? Oh, I guess you want all the animals to die, then. You want the planet to be destroyed by all these rich jerks flying around in private j–
Um. Hold on a sec, the cognitive dissonance knocked me for a loop there. Okay, wait, what? The WWF wants me to expand my carbon footprint so I can see a bunch of dumb animals that I could see at any decent zoo? Guess we have to kill the planet in order to save it.
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Since I have a strong fortitude towards crass hypocrisy, I took the time to read the little PDF brochure on their website. Here’s what we can read at page 13:
“WWF scientists study how South Pacific
coral reefs could be more resilient to climate
change and why warmer ocean temperatures
cause coral to lose the colorful microorganisms
living in their tissues.”
What about not flying a FREAKING 757 with only 88 people on board 3/4 way across the globe???
Why are they doing this? Money! They are saying it themselves in their FAQ:
“By participating in our tours, you are contributing WWF’s conservation efforts worldwide. When you travel with WWF, you don’t just hear about those efforts. You see the results first hand.
http://www.worldwildlife.org/travel/item7707.html ”
Oh well, it is always right when it put money in the bank…
For the rest of us, lowly mortals who can’t cram 65K$ on a trip, staying in the dark to reduce our carbon footprint is the way to go.
They’ll provide lectures en route? Or they’ll lecture you en route. Only eco-whackos could turn something that sounds kinda cool, into something that sounds absolutely lame. I’m asking for my $65,000 back. I’ve decided to invest it in that new Amazon De-forestation program. I despise trees. What’s a tree ever done for me except wreck my car? Nothing that’s what.
Take that peta!
Do these people actually think anything through?
“Do these people actually think anything through?”
Nope.
Nice. I guess only the poor and middle class have to conserve while the rich can just deplete all the resources. The WWF are tools. And, I miss when WWF stood for World Wrestling Federation. That WWF was more fun.
Is Michael Crichton one of the tour organizers?
‘Cuz it sounds like the start of a really juicy novel in which Martin Sheen ends up as Steak Tartar for some genetically modified species of lizard.
That’s easily worth 65 grand.
It must be a carbon neutral aircraft.
Are these idiots on something or what.
Didn’t somebody in their organisation, say to the brains behind this idea, “You know a jet is just the most environmentally unfriendly transport man has ever invented.”
You couldn’t make this stuff up.
I’m glad I stopped donating to them many, many years ago.
“I despise trees. What’s a tree ever done for me except wreck my car?”
haaaa, priceless.
Here was there response to me calling BS:
“Thank you for email. WWF offers a wide range of travel experiences for our members. The mission of the travel program is to bring people to those places that WWF considers a priority for protection and hope that by exposure to the natural world – through carefully planned itineraries - travelers understand the preciousness of wild places and the importance of saving them. We are continuously reviewing all of our travel offerings and whether or not they make sense for us in the future. We appreciate your feedback on this program.”
Uh ohs at the above comment, I got overly excited and pressed submit before I typed, God, I’m a fool.
What does WWE stand for then? And also, easy on the animals, Simon, they’re not dumb, I’m sure they didn’t want these hippy freaks to pimp them out like they are here.