Rex Weyler was a director of the original Greenpeace Foundation, the editor of the organisation's first newsletter, and a co-founder of Greenpeace International in 1979.
Rex's column reflects on the roots of activism, environmentalism, and Greenpeace's past, present, and future. The opinions here are his own.
Greenpeace International co-founder Rex Weyler discusses ecology, consumption, and more with Dr. Reyes Tirado, a plant ecology, climate and biodiversity researcher.
A picture emerges of a man who deeply touched people's hearts, inspired commitment, helped give birth to the modern ecology movement, and did it all with extraordinary humility and humour.
Oil companies hid knowledge of global heating for decades, but the captains of petroleum also schemed to turn the ecological crisis into a profit centre.
From 1974 to 1982, I served as photographer on Greenpeace campaigns. This is the third collection of memories inspired by photographs of early ecology actions.
Last year marked the 50th anniversary of Greenpeace, and this year the 50th anniversary of a book that set much of the ecological agenda for the five decades since.
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