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Where Are They Now:
10 Green Visionaries from the Woodstock Era
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/08/where-are-they-now-10-green-visionaries-from-the-woodstock-era.php
by Emma Grady
08.10.09
The Woodstock-era environmentalists set the stage for the green
movement today. These green visionaries have kept up a vocal attack,
approaching heavy-hitting topics like global warming, population
growth, renewable energy and nature conservation. From American
Entomologist Paul R. Ehrlich, who published The Population Bomb in
1968 to James Lovelock, best known for the Gaia hypothesis, find out
who is living on a tugboat in California and who is now writing for
TreeHugger in Where are they now: 10 Green Visionaries from the
Woodstock Era. Plus, read more of our Woodstock 40th anniversary tribute here.
http://www.treehugger.com/woodstock-1969-anniversary/index.php
1. James Lovelock: Gaia Theorists' year 2100 Forecast
James Lovelock, the originator of the Gaia Hypothesis theory that all
complex interacting systems making up the planet can be viewed as one
organism, has worked on atmospheric chlorofluorocarbons and is an
advocate of nuclear power. Today Lovelock lives in Cornwall, England,
works out of his barn-turned-laboratory, and rallies for nuclear
power, believing only it can halt global warming. He believes the
situation is dire, and that 90% of the human population will be
killed off by 2100 due to the effect of rising temperatures.
2. Paul R. Ehrlich: Still Too Many People
American entomologist Paul Ralph Ehrlich's love for the butterfly
propelled him to fame in 1968 with the book The Population Bomb.
Today, Ehrlich can be found at Stanford University where he is the
Bing Professor of Population Studies in the department of Biological
Sciences. Ehrlich still believes that overpopulation is a major
environmental crisis and that technological advances will not save
the planet. Yale Environment 360 takes a deeper look in Too Many
People, Too Much Consumption.
3. Frances Moore Lappé: Diet for a Growing Planet
Social activist, Frances Moore Lappé published Diet for a Small
Planet, which presented revolutionary ideas on the mass consumption
of food and encouraged and set the groundwork for vegetarianism in
1971, and has since become a three-million-copy bestseller still
relevant today. She continues to write, with her most recent book in
2007, Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone
Mad, and was recently interviewed by her son Anthony Lappé, a
NY-based journalist and producer, for New York Magazine. Lappé also
founded The Small Planet Institute in 2001 in pursuit of living democracy.
4. Ralph Nader: The Consumer Advocate
Political activist Ralph Nader made news as a potential presidential
candidate in 1972 when he was offered the opportunity to run for the
New Party. Using commerce-based climate solutions as a political
lever, Nader was ahead of the curve, and dedicated to educating the
public on ecology, specifically the contamination levels in the
United States' rivers, lakes and waterways in these years. As a
four-time candidate for the presidency, including 1996 and 2000 for
the Green Party, Nader has stayed in the news with the 2008
presidential election. Today Nader, in his mid-seventies, continues
to be a consumer advocate and appeared before the House Judiciary
Committee on Capitol Hill May 21, 2009 to testify on the auto
industry's effect on bankruptcy in the US.
5. Jane Goodall: Founded Youth Group Roots & Shoots
English Conservationist and Anthropologist Dr. Jane Goodall has been
known since the Woodstock days for her work with chimpanzees in Gombe
Stream National Park, Tanzania. Goodall continued on to found the
Jane Goodall Institute, along with the Roots & Shoots Youth Group,
and became a UN Messenger of Peace. Today Jane Goodall is in her
mid-seventies, and suffers from prosopagnosia, a neurological
condition which impairs the recognition of human faces. She has an
upcoming appearance at WILD9, the World Wilderness Congress (WWC),
this year on November 6, where she will give the keynote address.
6. David Suzuki: Fights Greenwashing Politicians
David Suzuki, avid climate change activist, accomplished zoologist,
and biologist, rose to environmental fame in the 1970s. His science
show on CBC Television, "The Nature of Things," has been seen in over
40 countries. He has authored 43 books, encourages green living with
his Nature Challenge, and founded the David Suzuki Foundation, which
helps promote sustainable fishing and renewable energy. Today Suzuki,
in his early seventies, lives in Vancouver and continues to fight
greenwashing politicians and recently sat down with TreeHugger Radio.
7. E.O. Wilson: Professor at Harvard University
Two-time Pulitzer prize winner Edward Osborne (E.O.) Wilson, an
American biologist, conservationist, author, and the "father of
biophilia", the idea that humans have an innate love for nature, has
been an active environmentalist since the 1960s. E.O. Wilson
developed the idea for the Encyclopedia of Life in 2003 as a way of
chronicling all of the world's species, Wikipedia-style. TreeHugger
got a chance to speak with him at the Goldman Environmental Prize
ceremony at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. this year. At the age
of 80, Wilson is Pellegrino University Research Professor in
Entomology for the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
at Harvard University. Wilson is also a Fellow of the Committee for
Skeptical Inquiry and is a Humanist Laureate of the International
Academy of Humanism.
8. Stewart Brand: Speaks at TED
Stewart Brand, author, editor, and creator of the "Whole Earth
Catalog", published between 1968-1972, as well as the forthcoming,
"Whole Earth Discipline" writes, "We are as gods and might as well
get good at it." This statement resonated in his recent presentation
at t...@state, a one-day mini-conference sponsored by the US State
Department, and organized by TED. Brand outlined his plan on how to
save the world from a global environmental and societal meltdown.
When he's not speaking at TED, Brand can be found on his tugboat in
Sausalito, California where he lives with his wife. According to The
New York Times, out of his deceased Woodstock-Era pals, he wishes he
could see activist Abbie Hoffman again.
9. Denis Hayes: The Earth Day Hero
Leading environmental activist and solar power enthusiast, Denis
Hayes coordinated the first Earth Day in 1970 and has kept its
tradition alive as the international chairman for Earth Day's
anniversaries in 1990 and in 2000. Earth Day is a major holiday at
TreeHugger and it won our Best of Green award for Best Green Event
this year. Today, Earth Day is celebrated in more than 180 countries
and Hayes continues to chair the board at Earth Day Network.
10. Lester R. Brown: President of Earth Policy Institute, TreeHugger Writer
American environmentalist Lester R. Brown founded the Worldwatch
Institute in 1974 and for 26 years held the position of president.
Now Brown is the founder and president of Earth Policy Institute, an
organization "dedicated to building a sustainable future," and has
been described by The Washington Post as "one of the world's most
influential thinkers." His most recent book Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to
Save Civilization, addresses his vision for an environmentally
sustainable economy. Today Brown is in his mid-seventies, resides in
Washington, D.C., and when not penning a book (he has
authored/co-authored over 50) he can be found writing for TreeHugger
on topics from The Oil Intensity Of Food to A Warming World Means
More Destructive Storms.
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