There is clearly a large difference in both organizations and the make up as well. As the ELF was made up of young adults lacking careers and life experience; Keep America Beautiful’s board of directors consists of not only purely environmental activists but also corporate and business leaders to gain influence throughout the business world. The organization is set up to keep check upon companies like McDonalds, Keurig Green Mountain, Pepsi, Rodale Inc., and others to ensure they are meeting environmental standards. Naomi Klein points out the best way to get the US government to react is to create the problem just as slavery and women’s rights were first brought to attention. Though occasionally these issues such as slavery did turn violent
