Tree Spiker: From Earth First! to Lowbagging: My Struggles in Radical Environmental Action
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (540 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312556195 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Tree Spiker: From Earth First! to Lowbagging: My Struggles in Radical Environmental Action is a fascinating autobiography from the front lines of a radical movement.. Lauded by some, despised by others, Mike Roselle is one of the most controversial figures in the crusade to protect the environment. Mike has succeeded in stopping a lumber project by spiking trees, struggled with death threats and the car bombing of fellow activist Judi Bari, endured countless days in jail, infiltrated the Nevada Test Site to delay nuclear bomb detonation, helped put a gas mask on Mount Rushmore’s George Washington, and aided actor Woody Harelson in draping a banner up on the Golden Gate Bridge. He has
All rights reserved. His rollicking adventures make for entertaining reading: he is jailed after hanging an anti–acid rain sign over Mt. (Sept.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Did he really throw Abbie Hoffman in a pool in Miami? Did he really discuss the future of Costa Rican rainforests with future president José María Figueres over a bloody steak and a bottle of whiskey? Roselle is more interested in spinning a good yarn than supporting some of his
JOSH MAHAN is an environmental journalist and editor.. He has been featured in numerous magazine articles, news segments, and documentaries. MIKE ROSELLE is a co-founder of the San Francisco-based Rainforest Action Network, Earth First!, and the Ruckus Society
The best book about Earth First! and radical environmentalism today Mike Roselle and I have been pals ever since we both found ourselves in Bay Area Earth First! back in 1985. Mike asked me to make a video for Redwood Summer and to organize the official Redwood Summer road show. For all of these years I've followed his amazing series of planet changing campaigns, and I've always be. Mark H. Gaffney said hard won lessons from an "outside agitator". I became acquainted with Mike Roselle more than "hard won lessons from an "outside agitator"" according to Mark H. Gaffney. I became acquainted with Mike Roselle more than 20 years ago. But it seems like only yesterday. At the time I had just moved to Oregon and was doing volunteer work for National Audubon. We had begun the first old growth inventory and mapping project on the National Forests, an essential task the feds somehow had ne. 0 years ago. But it seems like only yesterday. At the time I had just moved to Oregon and was doing volunteer work for National Audubon. We had begun the first old growth inventory and mapping project on the National Forests, an essential task the feds somehow had ne. "Mike Roselle Details Years of Environmental Activism" according to Paula Younger. Mike Roselle is a co-founder of the San Francisco-based Rainforest Action Network, Earth First!, and the Ruckus Society. Tree Spiker details his life as an environmental activist and outsider agitator. In his acknowledgments, Roselle notes that this book doesn't completely cover the movement or even his memories, b