Maybe they are still there.
I have been reading a fascinating book entitled"The Bridge at the Edge of the World
Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Cris to Sustainability" by James Gustave Speth, Dean of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University, who is an ultimate insider.
By-the-way he talks about the World Social Forum which is usually held in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Gus Speth writes about the environmental movement but basically suggests that the environmental movement has failed, that something has gone terribly wrong, and that a more in depth analysis is required.
'Speth contends that this critique leads to a severe indictment of today's economic and political system - capitalism as it now operates. Our vital task is to change the operating instructions for the modern economy before it is too late.'
I like a lot of what Speth says and perhaps my main beef is that he thinks capitalists by changing drastically will provide the solutions. What he is actually talking about is socialism, but I don't care how a system is labeled, if it helps to save the planet, from our current destructive roller-coaster downhill course.