Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout: The Making of a Sensible Environmentalist
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For me, the most gratifying result of the 15 years I spent with Greenpeace is that many whale species are now recovering around the world. It is disturbing that a few countries— namely, Japan, Iceland and Norway—continue to kill whales in violation of the moratorium established in 1981. I hope this will someday end and that these gentle creatures will once again live without fear of humans, as they did for 60 million years before we began to hunt them.
I encourage you to take the helm and in your own way help chart a course for a sustainable future, for the benefit of the environment and all the thousands of species, including our own, that live on this beautiful planet.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 - First Principles
Chapter 2 - Our Present Predicament
Chapter 3 - Beginnings
Chapter 4 - No Nukes Now!
Chapter 5 - Saving the Whales
Chapter 6 - Baby Seals and Movie Stars
Chapter 7 - Taking the Reins
Chapter 8 - Growing Pains
Chapter 9 - Greenpeace Goes Global
Chapter 10 - Consensus and Sustainable Development Discovered
Chapter 11 - Jailed Whales, Curtains of Death, Raising Fish, and Sinking Rainbows
Chapter 12 - Greenpeace Sails Off the Deep End
Chapter 13 - Round Tables and Square Pegs
Chapter 14 - Trees Are The Answer
Chapter 15 - Energy to Power Our World
Chapter 16 - Food, Nutrition, and Genetic Science
Chapter 17 - Biodiversity, Endangered Species, and Extinction
Chapter 18 - Chemicals Are Us
Chapter 19 - Population Is Us
Chapter 20 - Climate of Fear
Chapter 21 - Charting a Sensible Course to a Sustainable Future