Word: conservationism
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In Dunster House, we settled for half a loaf. We compromised. Usually, a compromise represents the solution most beneficial to both parties. But in the case of environmental conservation, a compromise hurts both parties, because both parties share the destiny common to all inhabitants of the planet. Compromise is not...
On his first wildlife walk, in 1982, Werikhe traveled 2,400 km (1,500 miles), from Kampala, Uganda, through Kenya to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and back to Mombasa, with only a pet python named Survival for company. Lecturing to villagers and schoolchildren, he raised about $30,000 for conservation...
Like St. Paul on the road to Damascus, Dr. Bob Brown had a sudden and irrevocable conversion. The Australian general practitioner had traveled for twelve days on the Franklin River, a beautifully remote waterway in western Tasmania, without sign of civilization. Suddenly, near the river's headwaters, he heard the...
"Saint Brown," as he is known by his opponents, became Australia's most notorious environmentalist. During the seven-year battle to save the river, he was robbed, shot at and set upon by thugs. The mailbox of his spartan weatherboard cottage was stuffed with animal entrails. But his soft-spoken...
When Linda Maraniss visited the Texas Gulf Coast four years ago, she expected to see pristine sand and water. Instead, she found rotting garbage, old diapers and discarded furniture. Determined to do something about the situation, Maraniss returned to Austin, where she serves as regional director of the Washington-based...