The Power of a Book | Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
This is Chapter 1 of the exhibition “Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: A book that changed the world” by historian Mark Stoll.
This is Chapter 1 of the exhibition “Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: A book that changed the world” by historian Mark Stoll.
This is Chapter 9 of the exhibition “Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: A book that changed the world” by historian Mark Stoll.
In this issue of Earth First! Journal various opinions are voiced in “Dear Ned Ludd,” the discussion forum for creative means to defend the Earth, several essays deal with oppression and the criminalization of ecological activism, and David Orton analyzes the connections between “Deep Ecology, Earth First! and Anarchism.”
In Earth First! Journal 21, no. 8 Urraca reports from the G8 protests in Genoa, Italy, Dr. Zoidberg discusses the hidden statistics of environmental refugees, Lone Wolf Circles reflects on biocentrism, and a special journal insert presents the defense of the Southern Plains.
Earth First! Journal 22, no. 5 features articles on the end of old growth logging in New Zealand, law collectives against “a harassing” legal system, the revival of the archaic and the wilderness of mind, and the EF! battle front against the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Earth First! Journal 22, no. 6 features news from the fight of Colombia’s indigenous U’wa people against Occidental Petroleum (OXY) and Judi Bari’s court success against the FBI; additionally the environmental significance of J.R.R. Tolkiens Lord of the Rings is analyzed, and accounts from an ELF activist are presented.
In Earth First! 23, no. 4 Patrick Reinsborough reports on the massive uprising in San Francisco against the US invasion of Iraq, James John Bell draws the connections between literature and eco-resistance, Sprig reflects on water and civilization, and Stiki presents the “ecoherbalist’s manifesto.”
In Earth First! 24, no. 2 ShiKatene describes the protest against the exemption of the Tongass National Forest from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, Paul Watson reports from the front against dolphin slaughter in Japan, and Joris Vandenbosch covers Groen-Front!’s direct action against the enlargement of a theme park in Dutch age-old Entwood forest.
In Earth First! 24, no. 3 Nora Ludd describes the continuing struggle against biotechnology, the Water Defense Committee refers to the fight against water privatization, and Jason Tockman recaps lessons from a corporate-environmental forest alliance in Chile.
In Earth First! 24, no. 4 Chuk’Shon EF! reports on the sabotage of a mountain lions hunt in the Sonoran Desert, Abigail is pleased about Bayer’s withdrawal from growing GE maize in Britain, and Kim Antieu reflects on the annual pesticide spraying by US county and state departments, farmers and homeowners.