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Eco-defense
''Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching'' is a book edited by Dave Foreman (and Bill Haywood in later editions), with a foreword by Edward Abbey. Background Much of the inspiration for the book, as well as the term "Sabotage#As environmental action, monkeywrenching", came from Edward Abbey's 1975 novel ''The Monkey Wrench Gang''. Other inspiration for the book likely came from the 1972 book ''Ecotage!'', which was published by the group Environmental Action and was in turn inspired by the actions of an activist in the Chicago, Illinois area who called himself "James F. Phillips, The Fox", and engaged in such vigilante actions to protect the environment as plugging smokestacks. The Fox named after the Fox River (Little Wabash tributary), Fox River northwest of Chicago was an avid historical boater who educated and demonstrated Native American and early trapper fishing and boating techniques. The Fox was radicalized and became a founding mentor of the Earth Liberation Fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earth Liberation Front
The Earth Liberation Front (ELF), also known as "Elves" or "The Elves", is the collective name for Wiktionary:Autonomy, autonomous individuals or covert cells who, according to the Earth Liberation Front Press Office, ELF Press Office, use "economic sabotage and guerrilla warfare to stop the Exploitation of natural resources, exploitation and environmental destruction, destruction of the environment". The ELF was founded in Brighton in the United Kingdom in 1992,Best & Nocella 2006 p. 49. and spread to the rest of Europe by 1994. The ELF acronym derived from the original ELF guerilla group, the Environmental Life Force, that was founded in 1977 in Santa Cruz, California by activist John Clark Hanna. The Earth Liberation Front is now an international organization with actions reported in 17 countriesBest & Nocella 2006 p. 19, 52 & 53. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
