De Regenmakers [Rainmakers]
This film investigates the crises facing China’s environment from the perspectives of four activists.
This film investigates the crises facing China’s environment from the perspectives of four activists.
In this issue of Earth First! Journal Ben Manski reports on the protests against the mining company Exxon Corporation, Sherman Bamford puts focus on the Appalachian wilderness, and George Wuerthner reflects on the mythology regarding Indians.
Wild Earth 1, no. 2, with the issue theme “The New Conservation Movement,” on reforming the Sierra Club, grizzly hunting in Montana, and an Ancient Forest Reserve proposal for the Mendocino National Forest.
Earth First! 29, no. 3 features the subjects of old-growth swamps in Florida, the Mexican Leather Expo, child education in a radical community, and the parallels between animal and earth defense.
This film follows a resistance movement to the building of a dam on the Upper Yangtze River in southern China, highlighting Chairman Mao’s efforts to subjugate nature in the name of progress.
This paper examines some of many tensions associated with the utopian propensity that underlies much thinking and action in radical environmentalism.
In this issue of Earth First!, Chant Thomas writes about the “Return to Bald Mountain” and the “second battle of the North Kalmiopsis,” while Roger Featherstone gives an update on the fight against uranium mining at the Grand Canyon.
In this issue of Earth First! the newly installed editorial collective presents their values and their intentions with this new phase of the journal. In addition, Lisa Henry sheds light on the Ecotrans’ movement, Donald H. Kern calls for attention to the Montanore mine project’s negative effects on the Kootenai National Forest, and “The Mad Artist” explains how to make a paint balloon inflator.
In this issue of Earth First! the editors launch new regular features: biodiversity updates under the name “Obituaries” and a column called “The Human Horde” by Tom Stoddard that addresses population issues. In addition, Benjamin White Jr. gives an update on the gathering of 600 Indians who are fighting against the exploitation of their lands in the Amazon region in Brazil.
In this issue of Earth First! an essay by Bob Spertus on the “Dark Side of Wilderness” is featured; Michael Hamilton discusses professionalism, compromise, and co-option in the environmental movement; and news items from Alaska to Africa, from Florida to British Columbia, about forests, deserts, and beaches are presented.