Warriors of the Rainbow: The Birth of an Environmental Mythology
Greenpeace pioneer Bob Hunter was heavily influenced by Native American mythology and thus created the image of Greenpeace activists as “Rainbow Warriors.”
Greenpeace pioneer Bob Hunter was heavily influenced by Native American mythology and thus created the image of Greenpeace activists as “Rainbow Warriors.”
Nalini Nadkarni explores the rich, vital world found in the tops of trees and communicates what she finds to non-scientists.
Perhaps it is a feature of environmental history in particular that our origins and our past stories shape our interests and our fields of enquiry in myriad ways. Many of the “tracks” in this volume are not well-trodden, and they lead us through a landscape that is mutable and as yet uncharted.
The creation of Kouchibouguac National Park along Canada’s Atlantic coast in the province of New Brunswick came at the cost of removing 1,200 residents from their lands.
In this essay (updated in 2019), Bron Taylor offers background about the events that gave rise to the Earth First! movement and reviews some of the watershed moments in its history, including its print publications.
Wild Earth 1, no. 3 with essays on hydro development in North America, trans-boundary ecosystem preservation, the central Appalachian wilderness, and the need for deep ecological language.
Wild Earth 2, no. 1 with essays on the ecological costs of livestock, bison hunt, trouts and their habitat, “wheeled locusts,” and off-road-vehicle trails on public lands.
In issue two of Earth First! the editors confirm their seriousness and invite readers to radicalize the conservation movement.
Howie Wolke and Dave Foreman write a memo to “the hardcore,” looking for a core group of people to run the new organization. They attach a draft platform and suggest a newsletter titled Nature More: The Newsletter of EARTH FIRST.
Issue three of Earth First! celebrates the movement’s diversity.