Portraits of Earth justice : American who tell the truth / Robert Shetterly ; with essays by Bill Bigelow, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Bill McKibben, Leah Penniman and Diane Wilson ; Aran Shetterly, editorial advisor.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
New Village Press,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
x, 118 pages : color illustrations, color portraits ; 28 cm
Five compelling essays and fifty stunning portraits and profiles of American environmental activists. This second volume in the Americans Who Tell the Truth series features Robert Shetterly's magnificent color portraits and profiles of fifty environmental and climate activists--people who diagnose the truth of the greatest crisis humanity has ever confronted and take action. The book also features original essays by revered environmentalists Bill McKibben, Leah Penniman, Diane Wilson, Bill Bigelow, and Robin Wall Kimmerer, whose words illuminate the plight and its causes, and point a way forward. Along with the genocide of Indigenous peoples and the institution of slavery, the third tragic and persistent mistake of the leaders of this country was to attempt to separate economic and political culture from the laws of nature--to operate on the basis that nature could be exploited endlessly for profit. The damage done to the Earth and to the future of life on the planet is incalculable. The people portrayed here have bought warnings, offered solutions, and organized movements to restore ecological sanity.--provided by publisher.
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