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Confessions of an Eco-Warrior
by
Dave Foreman
A book that will set the course for the environmental movement for years to come, Confessions of an Eco-Warrior is an inspiring ecological call to arms by America's foremost and most controversial environmental activist. "Rude and brilliant. Read it and you will see the future."--William Kittredge.
Paperback, 240 pages
Published
November 2nd 1993
by Broadway
(first published 1991)
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As an activist, Foreman has done it all - he's chained himself to machinery meant to destroy forests, he spent years wearing a tie and lobbying in Washington, he started Earth First! His passion is contagious in this account of everything from the history of conservationism/environmentalism to his personal/professional journey to why many people think about tree spiking when they hear about Earth First! I kinda fell in love with him and wanted to go live in a tree for a spell after reading this....more
Dave Foreman is one of the founders of the environmental group Earth First! and co-editor of Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching. The FBI arrested Foreman in 1989 for various felony charges stemming from his environmental activism, including “causing potential damage to humans.” He denied the charges but plead guilty to lesser charges and was given a suspended sentence. He is no longer involved with Earth First!
In his book Confessions of an Eco-Warrior Dave Foreman is very up front wit...more
In his book Confessions of an Eco-Warrior Dave Foreman is very up front wit...more
Before they were taken over by politically correct left coast weenies Foremans Earth First! was a very cool thing. They were "redneck hippies" who had a love for American wilderness and took radical steps to conserve it. Written after the FBI's attempt to set him up on bogus charges and after he left EF! Foreman lays out his ideas on conservation/ecology and his reflections on his life and times in the environmental movement. There is an emphasis on the wilderness in the western United States wi...more
Excellent book. I want to read it again.
History of the start of EarthFirst!. I don't agree with everything said but very smart arguments for drawing a distinct line in the sand when it comes to defending nature.
My friend Ben gave me this followed up by Monkey Wrench Gang. This is a lethal dose and will give one the urge to burn and destroy things that should not be.
I read these essays when they were first published in the Earth First! Journal. They pushed me back into environmental activism.
A really sane explanation of the biocentric viewpoint, and the urgency of bottom-line defense of the defenseless.
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