1st Edition

Eco-Warriors Understanding the Radical Environmental Movement, Updated Edition

By Rik Scarce Copyright 2006
336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

335 Pages
by Routledge

Eco-Warriors was the first in-depth look at the people, actions, history and philosophies behind the "radical" environmental movement. Focusing on the work of Earth First!, the Sea Shepherds, Greenpeace, and the Animal Liberation Front, among others, Rik Scarce told exciting and sometimes frightening tales of front-line warriors defending an Earth they see as being in environmental peril. While... Read more
Part 1 Towards an Understanding; Chapter 1 Gandhi Meets the Luddites; Chapter 2 A Question of Compromise; Chapter 3 Ecology Meets Philosophy; Part 2 Who Would Dare?; Chapter 4 Greenpeace: Bridge to Radicalism; Chapter 5 Earth First!: Cracking the Mold; Chapter 6 The Sea Shepherds: Bringing Justice to the High Seas; Chapter 7 Animal Liberation: From Labs to Hunt Sabs; Chapter 8 Radical Environmentalem’s International Face; Part 3 Environmental Activism in Practice; Chapter 9 Hanging George Washington’s Bib; Chapter 10 Not Just Tree Huggers Anymore; Chapter 11 Raid on Reykjavik; Chapter 12 Crowd on a Crane; Chapter 13 On the Warpath with Anna, Mel, and Lib; Chapter 14 In the Wild with “The Town Crier of the Global Village”; Part 4 Inspiration and the Future; Chapter 15 Stirring the Pot: Radical Environmental Literature, Music, Art, and Theater; Chapter 16 Conclusion: Of Change and Constancy;

Biography

Rik Scarce, David Brower