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About the Virtual Exhibition and the Collection

About the Virtual Exhibition and the Collection

In this exhibition, American scholar and conservationist Bron Taylor outlines the history of Earth First!, the best known of the so-called “radical environmental” groups.

Radical Environmentalism’s Print History: From Earth First! to Wild Earth

This exhibition sheds light on the publications of the radical environmental movement Earth First! and its offshoots. American scholar and conservationist Bron Taylor discusses the political and ethical history of the movement while highlighting the unique collection of Earth First! movement writings hosted on the Environment & Society Portal.

by Bron Taylor

About the author

Taylor, Bron
Taylor, Bron

University of Florida, USA

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Bron Taylor is professor of religion and environmental ethics at the University of Florida, where in 2002 he was recruited to develop a graduate program in Religion and Nature, and was appointed as the Samuel S. Hill Ethics Professor. His research focuses on the affective and spiritual dimensions, and political impacts, of grassroots environmental movements around the world, as well as upon the complex relationships between human beings, their religions, and the environments they inhabit. He has led or participated in a number of international initiatives promoting the conservation of biological and cultural diversity. He also edited the award-winning Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature and subsequently founded the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture and its affiliated Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, which he edits.

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Exhibition Overview
Introducing Earth First!
Tributaries
The First Decade
The Second Decade
The Third Decade and Beyond
About the Virtual Exhibition and the Collection
Further Reading

Further Reading

Further Reading

Bron Taylor compiles a selected bibliography on literature connected to the history of radical environmental movements in the United States.

Radical Environmentalism’s Print History: From Earth First! to Wild Earth

This exhibition sheds light on the publications of the radical environmental movement Earth First! and its offshoots. American scholar and conservationist Bron Taylor discusses the political and ethical history of the movement while highlighting the unique collection of Earth First! movement writings hosted on the Environment & Society Portal.

by Bron Taylor

About the author

Taylor, Bron
Taylor, Bron

University of Florida, USA

Show more

Bron Taylor is professor of religion and environmental ethics at the University of Florida, where in 2002 he was recruited to develop a graduate program in Religion and Nature, and was appointed as the Samuel S. Hill Ethics Professor. His research focuses on the affective and spiritual dimensions, and political impacts, of grassroots environmental movements around the world, as well as upon the complex relationships between human beings, their religions, and the environments they inhabit. He has led or participated in a number of international initiatives promoting the conservation of biological and cultural diversity. He also edited the award-winning Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature and subsequently founded the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture and its affiliated Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, which he edits.

Browse the exhibition

Exhibition Overview
Introducing Earth First!
Tributaries
The First Decade
The Second Decade
The Third Decade and Beyond
About the Virtual Exhibition and the Collection
Further Reading

The Earth First! Journal as a Gateway to Movement History

The Earth First! Journal as a Gateway to Movement History

Bron Taylor discusses the publication of the journal Earth First! under Dave Foreman’s direction, and the controversies surrounding the movement in its first decade, from 1980 to 1990.

Radical Environmentalism’s Print History: From Earth First! to Wild Earth

This exhibition sheds light on the publications of the radical environmental movement Earth First! and its offshoots. American scholar and conservationist Bron Taylor discusses the political and ethical history of the movement while highlighting the unique collection of Earth First! movement writings hosted on the Environment & Society Portal.

by Bron Taylor

About the author

Taylor, Bron
Taylor, Bron

University of Florida, USA

Show more

Bron Taylor is professor of religion and environmental ethics at the University of Florida, where in 2002 he was recruited to develop a graduate program in Religion and Nature, and was appointed as the Samuel S. Hill Ethics Professor. His research focuses on the affective and spiritual dimensions, and political impacts, of grassroots environmental movements around the world, as well as upon the complex relationships between human beings, their religions, and the environments they inhabit. He has led or participated in a number of international initiatives promoting the conservation of biological and cultural diversity. He also edited the award-winning Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature and subsequently founded the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture and its affiliated Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, which he edits.

Browse the exhibition

Exhibition Overview
Introducing Earth First!
Tributaries
The First Decade
The Second Decade
The Third Decade and Beyond
About the Virtual Exhibition and the Collection
Further Reading

The Third Decade and Beyond: Radical Environmentalism in the Twenty-First Century

The Third Decade and Beyond: Radical Environmentalism in the Twenty-First Century

Bron Taylor chronicles the trajectories and shift in attitudes in the American radical environmentalist movement in the 21st century.

Radical Environmentalism’s Print History: From Earth First! to Wild Earth

This exhibition sheds light on the publications of the radical environmental movement Earth First! and its offshoots. American scholar and conservationist Bron Taylor discusses the political and ethical history of the movement while highlighting the unique collection of Earth First! movement writings hosted on the Environment & Society Portal.

by Bron Taylor

About the author

Taylor, Bron
Taylor, Bron

University of Florida, USA

Show more

Bron Taylor is professor of religion and environmental ethics at the University of Florida, where in 2002 he was recruited to develop a graduate program in Religion and Nature, and was appointed as the Samuel S. Hill Ethics Professor. His research focuses on the affective and spiritual dimensions, and political impacts, of grassroots environmental movements around the world, as well as upon the complex relationships between human beings, their religions, and the environments they inhabit. He has led or participated in a number of international initiatives promoting the conservation of biological and cultural diversity. He also edited the award-winning Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature and subsequently founded the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture and its affiliated Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, which he edits.

Browse the exhibition

Exhibition Overview
Introducing Earth First!
Tributaries
The First Decade
The Second Decade
The Third Decade and Beyond
About the Virtual Exhibition and the Collection
Further Reading

Tributaries of Radical Environmentalism before Earth First!

Tributaries of Radical Environmentalism before Earth First!

Bron Taylor discusses books, authors, and other streams of American counterculture which had significant impacts on radical environmentalism and the founding of the Earth First! movement.

Radical Environmentalism’s Print History: From Earth First! to Wild Earth

This exhibition sheds light on the publications of the radical environmental movement Earth First! and its offshoots. American scholar and conservationist Bron Taylor discusses the political and ethical history of the movement while highlighting the unique collection of Earth First! movement writings hosted on the Environment & Society Portal.

by Bron Taylor

About the author

Taylor, Bron
Taylor, Bron

University of Florida, USA

Show more

Bron Taylor is professor of religion and environmental ethics at the University of Florida, where in 2002 he was recruited to develop a graduate program in Religion and Nature, and was appointed as the Samuel S. Hill Ethics Professor. His research focuses on the affective and spiritual dimensions, and political impacts, of grassroots environmental movements around the world, as well as upon the complex relationships between human beings, their religions, and the environments they inhabit. He has led or participated in a number of international initiatives promoting the conservation of biological and cultural diversity. He also edited the award-winning Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature and subsequently founded the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture and its affiliated Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, which he edits.

Browse the exhibition

Exhibition Overview
Introducing Earth First!
Tributaries
The First Decade
The Second Decade
The Third Decade and Beyond
About the Virtual Exhibition and the Collection
Further Reading

Introducing Earth First!

Introducing Earth First!

Bron Taylor introduces Earth First!, the best known of the so-called “radical environmental” groups, founded in 1980 in the southwestern United States.

Radical Environmentalism’s Print History: From Earth First! to Wild Earth

This exhibition sheds light on the publications of the radical environmental movement Earth First! and its offshoots. American scholar and conservationist Bron Taylor discusses the political and ethical history of the movement while highlighting the unique collection of Earth First! movement writings hosted on the Environment & Society Portal.

by Bron Taylor

About the author

Taylor, Bron
Taylor, Bron

University of Florida, USA

Show more

Bron Taylor is professor of religion and environmental ethics at the University of Florida, where in 2002 he was recruited to develop a graduate program in Religion and Nature, and was appointed as the Samuel S. Hill Ethics Professor. His research focuses on the affective and spiritual dimensions, and political impacts, of grassroots environmental movements around the world, as well as upon the complex relationships between human beings, their religions, and the environments they inhabit. He has led or participated in a number of international initiatives promoting the conservation of biological and cultural diversity. He also edited the award-winning Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature and subsequently founded the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture and its affiliated Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, which he edits.

Browse the exhibition

Exhibition Overview
Introducing Earth First!
Tributaries
The First Decade
The Second Decade
The Third Decade and Beyond
About the Virtual Exhibition and the Collection
Further Reading

The Second Decade (1990-2000)

The Second Decade (1990-2000)

Bron Taylor provides insight into the Earth First! movement, through the second decade of publication of its journal (1990 to 2000), as well as offshoot publications such as Live Wild or Die!, ALARM, and Wild Earth.

Radical Environmentalism’s Print History: From Earth First! to Wild Earth

This exhibition sheds light on the publications of the radical environmental movement Earth First! and its offshoots. American scholar and conservationist Bron Taylor discusses the political and ethical history of the movement while highlighting the unique collection of Earth First! movement writings hosted on the Environment & Society Portal.

by Bron Taylor

About the author

Taylor, Bron
Taylor, Bron

University of Florida, USA

Show more

Bron Taylor is professor of religion and environmental ethics at the University of Florida, where in 2002 he was recruited to develop a graduate program in Religion and Nature, and was appointed as the Samuel S. Hill Ethics Professor. His research focuses on the affective and spiritual dimensions, and political impacts, of grassroots environmental movements around the world, as well as upon the complex relationships between human beings, their religions, and the environments they inhabit. He has led or participated in a number of international initiatives promoting the conservation of biological and cultural diversity. He also edited the award-winning Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature and subsequently founded the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture and its affiliated Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, which he edits.

Browse the exhibition

Exhibition Overview
Introducing Earth First!
Tributaries
The First Decade
The Second Decade
The Third Decade and Beyond
About the Virtual Exhibition and the Collection
Further Reading

Canadian Countercultures and the Environment

This collection contributes a sustained analysis of the beginning of major Canadian environmental debates between the 1960s and 1980s, and examines a range of issues related to broad environmental concerns, topics which emerged as key concerns in the context of Cold War military investments and experiments, the oil crisis of the 1970s, debates over gendered roles, and the increasing attention to urban pollution and pesticide use.

The Environment & Society Portal is a project of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, an institute founded in 2009 as a joint initiative of LMU Munich and the Deutsches Museum. Read more about the Portal in English and in German.