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Green Spirit: Trees Are the Answer
(Greenspirit Enterprises) An essay by a one-time leader of Greenpeace, economist Patrick Moore, detailing the environmental benefits of using wood as a resource for fuel and other uses, as a part of an overall plan to reverse many current environmental problems. Written in non-technical language with color photos. Softcover.
151 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2000
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Patrick Albert Moore
5 books19 followersPatrick Moore (born 1947) is a former environmental activist, known as one of the early members of Greenpeace, in which he was an activist from 1971 to 1986. Today he is the co-founder, chair, and chief scientist of Greenspirit Strategies in Vancouver, a consulting firm that provides paid public relations efforts, lectures, lobbying, opinions and committee participation to government and industry on a wide range of environmental and sustainability issues. He is a frequent public speaker at meetings of industry associations, universities, and policy groups.
He has sharply and publicly differed with many policies of major environmental groups, such as Greenpeace itself, on other issues including forestry, biotechnology, aquaculture, and the use of chemicals for flame retardants.[2] He is an outspoken proponent of nuclear energy[3] and skeptical of sole human responsibility for climate change.[4]
He has sharply and publicly differed with many policies of major environmental groups, such as Greenpeace itself, on other issues including forestry, biotechnology, aquaculture, and the use of chemicals for flame retardants.[2] He is an outspoken proponent of nuclear energy[3] and skeptical of sole human responsibility for climate change.[4]
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August 6, 2016
I read the 10th Anniversary Edition, thinking that Moore might have improved his book with the grace of a long reflection. Unfortunately, it remains a long, tedious diatribe against 'environmentalists': An environmentalist being anyone who doesn't agree with the author.
Contradictions abound. He doesn't accept the scientific consensus on global warming/climate change, but argues that trees are the best at sequestering carbon. He laments the gross generalizations around forestry techniques like clearcutting, but advocates for other technologies (like so-called geothermal heating for buildings) with the same level of ignorance of the context (in this case the source of electricity). He cries about the importance of life-cycle thinking, and rails against groups (like LEED or FSC) who advocate for life-cycle thinking for forest products.
Over all, it seems that he originally wrote this book on the advice of his therapist. Why he released an anniversary edition is a mystery to me.
Contradictions abound. He doesn't accept the scientific consensus on global warming/climate change, but argues that trees are the best at sequestering carbon. He laments the gross generalizations around forestry techniques like clearcutting, but advocates for other technologies (like so-called geothermal heating for buildings) with the same level of ignorance of the context (in this case the source of electricity). He cries about the importance of life-cycle thinking, and rails against groups (like LEED or FSC) who advocate for life-cycle thinking for forest products.
Over all, it seems that he originally wrote this book on the advice of his therapist. Why he released an anniversary edition is a mystery to me.
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