MTV Trashes The Island

: Courtesy of the Tree Climber Coalition

The aftereffects of the currently airing Island Real World Road Rules challenge on MTV seems to run counter to the network’s declared Green Crusade campaign.

The photos above were taken at the site of The Island Challenge in late August by Michael Drake of the Tree Climber Coalition on Boca del Drago island in Panama well after production wrapped in early July.

Michael states the island itself is well populated but made to appear remote on the show as no residents were allowed onto the beach even though all beaches by law are public – which is the same situation faced by producing Lost on Oahu.

Surprisingly he also states that Bird Island nearby is prohibited by law for humans to set foot upon as it is a sanctuary for birds, but in direct violation of this the show’s contestants build a raft to this very island to explore and find the hidden treasure at the end of the show.

He then walked around the production site that was supposed to have been returned to its natural condition but instead remained trashed well into a month later as evidenced by the pictures he took here.

It should be noted that the trash is on private land and perhaps there is a delay in the cleanup and revitalization of the area but it is still disturbing that this has not been taken care of several months later by a network on a declared Green Crusade.

MTV Networks International’s Global Climate Change Campaign called Switch states it is looking for the best ideas and innovations to reinvent how we live in ways that are cool for us and the planet – maybe one of those ideas can be to finally clean up the mess production left unless it considers it “cool” to trash an island.