Brings together twenty path-breaking speeches by leading environmentalists that highlight the range of topics that have inspired ecological movements. Offering a summary of the depth and breadth of modern environmentalism, this book will be of interest to activists, students, professional and scholars alike.
Brings together twenty path-breaking speeches by leading environmentalists that highlight the range of topics that have inspired ecological movements. Offering a summary of the depth and breadth of modern environmentalism, this book will be of interest to activists, students, professional and scholars alike.
Acknowledgments Preface 1. "The Publication of Silent Spring Was Neither the Beginning Nor the End of That Struggle" Rachel Carson United States of America 1963 2. "A Land without Wildflowers Will Be a Hotel Not a Homeland" Yizhar Smilansky Israel 1962 3. "If Man Is to Survive the Ocean Is Not Dispensable" Thor Heyerdahl Norway 1972 4. "We Do Not Have to Believe in the Inevitability of Environmental Catastrophe to Accept the Possibility of Such a Catastrophe" Maurice Strong Canada 1972 5. "We Are the First but We Are Not Likely to Be the Last" Lois Gibbs United States of America 1979 6. "Nuclear Weapons Are Morally Indefensible" David Lange New Zealand 1985 7. "I Too Am One of Those Who Cannot Live without Wild Things" Mongosuthu G. Buthulezi South Africa 1986 8. "The Question Now Is Simply Whether We Control Science or Whether Science Will Control Us" Mostafa Tolba Egypt 1987 9. "The Destruction of Our Rain Forest Affects Not Only the Brazilian People but in Fact All the People of the Planet" Chico Mendes Brazil 1988 10. "The Prospect of Climate Change Is a New Factor in Human Affairs" Margaret Thatcher United Kingdom 1989 11. "If We Want to Transform Society in an Ecological Way We Must Transform Ourselves" Petra Kelly Germany 1991 12. "Our Mother Earth Is Teaching Us a Lesson in Universal Responsibility" the Dalai Lama Tibet 1992 13. "The Sermon" David Brower United States of America 1992 14. "A Deadly Ecological War in Which No Blood Is Spilled but People Die All the Time" Ken Saro-Wiwa Nigeria 1993 15. "We Venture into Realms That Belong to God and to God Alone" Charles Prince of Wales United Kingdom 1996 16. "To Commit a Crime against the Natural World is a Sin" Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Turkey 1997 17. "It's All about Taming Greed" Ian Kiernan Australia 1998 18. "Sharing and Exchange the Basis of Our Humanity and Our Ecological Survival Has Been Redefined as a Crime" Vandana Shiva India 2000 19. "Problems Are Not Enough in Themselves to Create a Momentum for Change" Karl-Henrik Robert Sweden 2001 20. "The Challenge Is to Restore the Home of the Tadpoles and Give Back to Our Children a World of Beauty and Wonder" Wangari Maathai Kenya 2004 Index
Acknowledgments Preface 1. "The Publication of Silent Spring Was Neither the Beginning Nor the End of That Struggle" Rachel Carson United States of America 1963 2. "A Land without Wildflowers Will Be a Hotel Not a Homeland" Yizhar Smilansky Israel 1962 3. "If Man Is to Survive the Ocean Is Not Dispensable" Thor Heyerdahl Norway 1972 4. "We Do Not Have to Believe in the Inevitability of Environmental Catastrophe to Accept the Possibility of Such a Catastrophe" Maurice Strong Canada 1972 5. "We Are the First but We Are Not Likely to Be the Last" Lois Gibbs United States of America 1979 6. "Nuclear Weapons Are Morally Indefensible" David Lange New Zealand 1985 7. "I Too Am One of Those Who Cannot Live without Wild Things" Mongosuthu G. Buthulezi South Africa 1986 8. "The Question Now Is Simply Whether We Control Science or Whether Science Will Control Us" Mostafa Tolba Egypt 1987 9. "The Destruction of Our Rain Forest Affects Not Only the Brazilian People but in Fact All the People of the Planet" Chico Mendes Brazil 1988 10. "The Prospect of Climate Change Is a New Factor in Human Affairs" Margaret Thatcher United Kingdom 1989 11. "If We Want to Transform Society in an Ecological Way We Must Transform Ourselves" Petra Kelly Germany 1991 12. "Our Mother Earth Is Teaching Us a Lesson in Universal Responsibility" the Dalai Lama Tibet 1992 13. "The Sermon" David Brower United States of America 1992 14. "A Deadly Ecological War in Which No Blood Is Spilled but People Die All the Time" Ken Saro-Wiwa Nigeria 1993 15. "We Venture into Realms That Belong to God and to God Alone" Charles Prince of Wales United Kingdom 1996 16. "To Commit a Crime against the Natural World is a Sin" Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Turkey 1997 17. "It's All about Taming Greed" Ian Kiernan Australia 1998 18. "Sharing and Exchange the Basis of Our Humanity and Our Ecological Survival Has Been Redefined as a Crime" Vandana Shiva India 2000 19. "Problems Are Not Enough in Themselves to Create a Momentum for Change" Karl-Henrik Robert Sweden 2001 20. "The Challenge Is to Restore the Home of the Tadpoles and Give Back to Our Children a World of Beauty and Wonder" Wangari Maathai Kenya 2004 Index
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