Posts by Rex Weyler
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Green Talks: Nate Hagens & The Great Simplification
Greenpeace International co-founder Rex Weyler talks ecology with Nate Hagens.
26 February 2023 -
The Great Carbon Capture Scam
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.
1 June 2022 -
Photographic memories III
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.
18 May 2022 -
Limits to Growth: 50 years later
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.
1 May 2022 -
Patience & urgency in activism
Climate activists and scientists are correct: We're in an ecology crisis, and the crisis is urgent.
10 April 2022 -
Look up, look in
Don't Look Up quickly broke Netflix viewing records, and the film has become a lightning rod for opinions about the climate crisis.
13 January 2022 -
Ecology? Look it up! You’re still involved
This year has been the 50th Anniversary of Greenpeace. During this era, a half-century ago, citizens around the world began seeing signs of a pending ecological crisis, and began to…
24 December 2021 -
Photographic memories II
From 1974 to 1982, I served as photographer on Greenpeace campaigns. Here are a dozen more photographs from those years along with some memories that they evoke.
3 December 2021 -
Thoughts for young activists
During this year — the 50th anniversary of Greenpeace — I've had occasion to speak with ecology and human-rights activists around the world. In some cases, young activists have asked…
5 November 2021 -
50 years of Greenpeace: Looking back and looking forward
This month, Greenpeace celebrates 50 years of environmental activism, dating from the first campaign to stop a nuclear bomb test in Alaska, launched from Vancouver Canada, on Sept. 15, 1971.
12 September 2021