Wild Earth 8, no. 2

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Earth First! Movement Writings

Wild Earth 8, no. 2

Intended as yet another instrument for attacking anthropocentric ideologies and voracious agricultural/industrial civilizations, the journal Wild Earth was published by the Earth First! movement between 1991–2004.


Butler, Tom, ed., Wild Earth 8, no. 2 (Summer 1998). Republished by the Environment & Society Portal, Multimedia Library. http://www.environmentandsociety.org/node/6087.

This issue includes:

  • Philanthropy and National Parks: An American Tradition by Robin Winks
  • On Philanthropy, Cultural Decadence, and Wild Nature by Doug Tompkins
  • Land Protection in the US, 1864—1997: A Time Line by Chris McGrory Klyza
  • Reconnecting: Ethics, Community, and Private Land by Eric Freyfogle
  • A Good and Important Cause: Early Conservation Activism and National Parks by David Carle
  • Howard Zahniser: A Legacy of Wilderness by Mark Harvey
  • Mardy Murie: An Intimate Profile by Terry Tempest Williams

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Further readings: 
  • Butler, Tom, ed. Wild Earth: Wild Ideas for a World Out of Balance. Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2002.
  • Foreman, Dave. Confessions of an Eco-Warrior. New York: Harmony Books, 1991.
  • Foreman, Dave, and Howie Wolke. The Big Outside: A Descriptive Inventory of the Big Wilderness Areas of the United States. New York: Harmony Books, 1992.