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/Archetype
Publication date:	11/01/1993
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

Editorial Reviews

In light of environmentalist Foreman's arrest in 1989 in Tucson, Ariz., on sabotage-conspiracy charges and impending trial, the title seems enticing. But these 19 urgent essays aren't exactly ``confessions.'' Foreman, co-founder of the militant Earth First! movement, discusses his legal problems only to the extent of claiming he was framed. His aim here is, instead, to lecture on the importance of preserving and rehabilitating a disappearing wilderness. Earth is in crisis, stresses Foreman, and human hands must be restrained from mistreating the wilderness. Grizzlies and redwoods, in Foreman's realm, deserve at least as much status as humans. The author, who long ago lost faith in government protection of wilderness, seeks to restore passion to environmental groups and spur individuals to acts of civil disobedience when needed. Much of the book is familiar material but, with expected trial publicity, Foreman's important message should reach new ears. (Mar . )

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Foreman, founder of the controversial environmental group EarthFirst! and coeditor with Bill Haywood of Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching (EarthFirst!, 1985), here reflects on his involvement with EarthFirst! and why he left the group last year. He also discusses his environmental philosophy and outlines a plan to change the National Wilderness Preservation System. While believing passionately in the idea that the Earth, not humanity, is the most important reason for conservation, he offers reassessments of some of the group's more notorious methods. This is environmental philosophy at its finest and should be read by everyone who cares about the future of the planet. Although it will be considered controversial by some, it is an excellent purchase for libraries providing balanced viewpoints on the conservation movement.-- Eva Lautemann, De Kalb Coll. Lib., Clarkston, Ga.

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