In July, two Greenpeace founders – Jim Bohlen, 84, and Dorothy Stowe, 89 – passed away. Both lived full lives as agents of social change, that leave us much to ponder and to emulate.

Social change often ignites on the fringe, in hybrid cultures, wher... Read more >

We're all in Deepwater Now.

Corporations don't need regulation, because protecting the environment is in their interest. The free market will protect nature.

That theory disintegrated at 21:49, April 20, 2010, under a waxing quarter moon, on a dark ... Read more >

“Nature is the first ethical teacher of humanity.”
— Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer.

Sometimes, while advocating for ecology and peace, I spend too much time with books and computer screens and not enough time with the real teacher.

M... Read more >

Deep Green is Rex Weyler's monthly column, reflecting on the roots of activism, environmentalism, and Greenpeace's past, present, and future. The opinions here are his own.

May 2010 -

The Toyota hybrid with a stuck accelerator and no brakes is a sa... Read more >