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Earth at Risk: Building a Resistance Movement to Save the Planet (Flashpoint Press)
by Jensen, Derrick [Editor]; Keith, Lierre [Editor];
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PM Press, 2012-12-19. Paperback. New. Industrial civilization is devouring the planet and the future. The oceans are acidifying, whole mountains have been laid to waste, and the climate is teetering into chaos. Every biome is approaching collapse. And fifty years of environmentalism hasn?t even slowed the rate of destruction. Yet environmentalists are not considering strategies that might actually prevent the looming biocide we are facing. Until Earth at Risk. Earth at Risk: Building a Resistance Movement to Save the Planet is an annual conference featuring environmental thinkers and activists who are willing to ask the hardest questions about the seriousness of our situation. The conference is convened by Derrick Jensen, acclaimed author of Endgame, who has argued that we need a resistance movement against civilization itself. The eleven people in this volume present an impassioned critique of the dominant culture from every angle: William Catton explains ecological overshoot; Thomas Linzey gives a fiery call for community sovereignty; Jane Caputi exposes patriarchy?s mythic dismemberment of the Goddess; Aric McBay discusses historically effective resistance strategies; and Stephanie McMillan takes down capitalism. One by one, they build an unassailable case that we need to deprive the rich of their ability to steal from the poor and the powerful of their ability to destroy the planet. These speakers offer their ideas on what can be done to build a real resistance movement, one that includes all levels of direct action?action that can actually match the scale of the problem. Earth at Risk includes Derrick Jensen, Arundhati Roy, William Catton, Jr., Rikki Ott, Thomas Linzey, Gail Dines, Jane Caputi, Waziyatawin, Aric McBay, Stephanie McMillan, Lierre Keith, and Nora Barrows-Friedman. This collection is sure to inform, engage, and inspire.
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Donald B. Conroy is president of the North American Coalition on Religion and Ecology in Washington, D.C. Rodney L. Petersen is the executive director of the Boston Theological Institute and an adjunct professor in the Member Schools, Newton Centre, Massachusetts.
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- Earthlight Books (US)
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- Title
- Earth at Risk: Building a Resistance Movement to Save the Planet (Flashpoint Press)
- Author
- Jensen, Derrick [Editor]; Keith, Lierre [Editor];
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
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- New
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- ISBN 10
- 1604866748
- ISBN 13
- 9781604866742
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- PM Press
- Place of Publication
- Oakland
- Date Published
- 2012-12-19
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