Echology teaches that humanity is not the centre of life on earth. Yet, if you say that too, the bishops will resist and mock you. Industrialism is anti ecology. And so in order to fit into our modern culture, we are kind of pushed to ignore ecology,. It's treated as a kind of sentimentalism. Cologis are constantly mocked in in our culture. I see it all the time too. Well, it's because this, our culture is really attached to these ideas of growth, making money. We've lost community, our connection to community and wild nature. Most people, their connection to eating is not hunting. Thee's not wild nature is not
On this episode, we meet with ecologist, writer, and Greenpeace cofounder, Rex Weyler.
Weyler explains how the ecology movement was hijacked by the environmental movement. How is climate change one of many issues that has a root cause of overshoot?
Weyler also explores the dangers of relying on hope as a strategy. Why must we be careful about virtual signaling in the environmental movement, and how can we “sharpen the sword” as individuals?
About Rex Weyler
Rex Weyler is a writer and ecologist. His books include Blood of the Land, a history of indigenous American nations, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize; Greenpeace: The Inside Story, a finalist for the BC Book Award and the Shaughnessy-Cohen Award for Political Writing; and The Jesus Sayings, a deconstruction of first century history, a finalist for the BC Book Award.
In the 1970s, Weyler was a cofounder of Greenpeace International and editor of the Greenpeace Chronicles. He served on campaigns to preserve rivers and forests, and to stop whaling, sealing, and toxic dumping. He currently posts the “Deep Green” column at the Greenpeace International website. He lives on Cortes Island in British Columbia, with his wife, artist Lisa Gibbons.
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