From Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia.
The term eco-warrior is
used to describe an
environmental
activist that adopts a
"hands-on" effort to save or
salvage a plot of land, or to
advance some
ecological ideology.
An eco-warrior can be someone
as mundane and non-confrontational
as a
tree sitter or she can be
someone who engages in
direct action which can range
anywhere from planting
tree spikes into trees on
public lands to keep the lumber
industry from cutting them down,
to sit-ins which occupy a
corporate office.
The most common usage of the
term is used to label an
environmental activist who engages
in illegal activities,which is
also known as
eco-terrorism. However an
eco-warrior is also someone who
utilizes the
courts to halt, suspend, or
otherwise derail a human activity
that the activist believes
adversely impacts the environment.
One of the best written books
about the subject is
Confessions of an Eco-Warrior
by
David Foreman, co-founder of
Earth First! who was
marginally implicated in an
FBI terrorist plot known as
THERMCON.
A well known British
"eco-warrior" is Daniel Hooper,
who is also known as
Swampy.
