Confessions of an Eco-Warrior

by Dave Foreman

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780517880586
Publisher:	Crown Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/02/1993
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

A cofounder and former member of Earth First!, Dave Foreman is currently chairperson of the Wildlands Project and Executive Editor of the Wild Earth report. He lives in Tucson, Arizona, where he produces an environmental catalog, Books of the Big Outside.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	vii
1.	In Time of Crisis	1
2.	Earth First!	11
3.	Putting the Earth First	25
4.	Who Speaks for Wolf?	37
5.	The Arrogance of Enlightenment	51
6.	The Wilderness Gene	55
7.	Preserving the Wilderness Experience	59
8.	The Destruction of Wilderness	69
9.	My Heroes Used to Be Cowboys	87
10.	Return of the Wolf	105
11.	The Principles of Monkeywrenching	109
12.	In Defense of Monkeywrenching	117
13.	Is Tree Spiking Necessary?	149
14.	Strategic Monkeywrenching	161
15.	The Perils of Illegal Action	167
16.	Some Thoughts on True Believers, Intolerance, Diversity ... and Ed Abbey	171
17.	Dreaming Big Wilderness	177
18.	Making the Most of Professionalism	193
19.	Whither Earth First!?	213
	Acknowledgments	221
	Index	225