Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout: The Making of a Sensible Environmentalist
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (592 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0986480827 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 408 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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From energy independence to climate change, genetic engineering to aquaculture, Moore sheds new light on some of the most controversial subjects in the news today.. Moore explains why, 15 years after co-founding it, he left Greenpeace to establish a more sensible, science-based approach to environmentalism. Patrick Moore's engaging firsthand account of his many years spent as the ultimate Greenpeace insider, a co-founder and leader in the organization's top committee. Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout: The Making of a Sensible Environmentalist is Dr
Bill Muehlenberg said The most important environmental book of the decade. The book chronicles Patrick moore's involvement with Greenpeace and his eventful disillusionment with it. The first half looks at all the now famous activities of Greenpeace and his involvement with them. There are all the stories of anti-nuclear activism, anti-whaling programs, campaigns against chemicals, and so on.We learn about how he became involved in radical. Dale Smith said A Sensible Stance on Environmentalsim. Unlike many environmentalists, Patric Moore is a trained scientist and uses that training to take reasoned positions on many environmental issues. As a founder of Greenpeace he participated in many of that organization's early actions to save baby seals and whales, and their protests against nuclear bomb tests. He defends those actions vigorously and convincingly. . "A Sane Environmentalist Whom Allcomers Can Respect and Love" according to Stephen Harper. Patrick Moore takes us on an autobiographical journey which charts his maturation from a young, eager and idealistic environmentalist to an adult, rational and realistic environmentalist. Being on the spot as a co-founder of Greenpeace, we get the inside view on the world of environmentalism as it rose to prominence in the world.The first part of his book deals wit