The human race is not more sustainable to day after 50 years of ecological action, than we were in the 19 seventies. The acological crisis has oten worse during the last 50 years of the so called environmental movement. There's a billion people living on the edge of starvation. Ten million people a year starved to death. And most of them, of course, are children. So i'll get back to the green piece origins and your experience in a bit,. but you've mentioned the cology movement, and now you just mention the environmental movement. It's certainly time for a gut check now for the entire environmental movement. Like what else must we do change the course and trajectory of
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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