He was a photographer and reporter on the early Greenpeace whale and seal campaigns, and has written one of the best and most comprehensive histories of the organisation, Greenpeace (Raincoast, 2004). His book, Blood of the Land, a history of the American Indian Movement, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
Deep Green is Rex's monthly column, reflecting on the roots of activism, environmentalism, and Greenpeace's past, present, and future. The opinions here are his own.
You can respond to "Deep Green" columns at Rex's Ecolog, where he posts portions of his column and dialogues with readers.
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In nature, any successful species can overshoot a habitat, consuming.. Read more >
At the dawn of the 21st century a new political regime has.. Read more >
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Background
When the first Greenpeace boat sailed across the Gulf of Alaska in 1971.. Read more >
Elle magazine announces that eco-friendly fashions are hip and features.. Read more >
History shows that human society can change if some moral force (civil.. Read more >
Since the late Pleistocene, 100,000 years ago, when a few thousand Homo.. Read more >
In the 1980s, fishermen caught the last wild Beluga sturgeon from the.. Read more >
As the era of cheap liquid fuels draws to an end, everything about.. Read more >
In 1969, Marie Aimee took her two children for medical treatment, a.. Read more >
In 1972, Ben and Dorothy Metcalfe from the budding Greenpeace.. Read more >
Global economic systems crash not only because of greed, fraud and.. Read more >
The nuclear industry has hitched a ride on the climate change bandwagon.. Read more >
In 1992, World Bank officials handed renowned economist Herman Daly.. Read more >
The year 2009 will witness a tsunami of economic appeals to fix, as.. Read more >
Those who love wild nature and work toward a day when humankind might.. Read more >
Last summer, for the first time in recorded history, boats could.. Read more >
Deforestation contributes to global warming. A rising Earth temperature.. Read more >
Global warming is a symptom of human overshoot: the consumption and.. Read more >
As a global community, we often appear as a dysfunctional family. We.. Read more >
Recently, we've been hearing about 'the death of environmentalism'.. Read more >
Readers have asked if there exists a Greenpeace founding manifesto of.. Read more >
A reporter from Dubai phoned last week and asked, "Can Dubai become a.. Read more >
Most people I talk to support 'sustainability' and 'social justice'.. Read more >
Car salesmen and burger tycoons have sabotaged the most important.. Read more >
During the 1960s, art and politics merged into a full-spectrum cultural.. Read more >
Cultural habits - like people - go through stages when they face death. Read more >
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