PUTTING EARTH FIRST: 101 ON SAVING THE PLANET: Part 12 Deep Ecology for the 21st Century
Guest: Dave Foreman, Bill Devall, Guboo Ted Thomas, Cecilia Lanman, Tim Hermach, Kelpie Wilson, Julia "butterfly" Hill, John Jeavons, Reed Noss, Jeanne Roy, Dick Roy Program 2727
Host: Michael Toms Interview Date: 10/1/1998 Program Length: 1 Hour
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Program Description: "The attitude that the natural world is merely a collection of resources for the use by industrial human beings is a very radical, extreme, violent attitude." Dave Foreman, co-founder of the Earth First! environmental activist group, disagrees with critics who say that its tactics are too extreme: "Wanting to protect other species and remaining wild habitat is conservative, is reasonable, is proper, is respectful." This exciting program contains stories directly from the front lines of the battle to preserve old-growth redwoods and other endangered species, along with well-thought-out reasons for passionate involvement in this struggle. "We can't expect Donald Trump to save the world for us," continues Foreman. "It comes down to the actions of individuals." We also hear from the late Australian aboriginal elder Guboo Ted Thomas, Julia "Butterfly" Hill, ecologist Tim Hermach, activists Kelpie Wilson and Cecelia Lanman, conservation biologist Reed Noss, and voluntary simplicity advocate Dick Roy. Included in Deep Ecology for the 21st Century. 1 hour
Topics explored in this dialogue:
A first-person account of direct action in the woods
A live report from atop an ancient redwood tree in a hailstorm
Turning anger to understanding in environmental action
Monkey-wrenching-an American tradition since the Boston Tea Party
The many reasons for preserving forests as nature designed them
American clear-cuts from the air-"a hideous sight" worse than Vietnam
Far-reaching consequences of development, logging and strip-mining
Why "shallow environmental" defenses aren't enough to save nature
The disastrous effects of treating the world as a resource for human use
Why thinking globally may not be helpful
Wolf-friendly beef production, and restoring wolves in the Arizona wilds
A sample of an aboriginal song asking the nature spirits to return
