I was intrigued with Naomi Klein’s criticism of the “Big Green Groups” and found this is a term of art referring to the following well-funded organizations:
Defenders of Wildlife
Environmental Defense Fund
Greenpeace
National Audubon Society
National Wildlife Federation
Natural Resources Defense Council
The Nature Conservancy
Sierra Club
The Wilderness Society
World Wildlife Fund
In the words of activist Jeffrey St. Clair, Big Green has spawned the “ecological oxymorons of our time: ‘pollution credits,’ ‘re-created wetlands,’ ‘sustainable development.'”