{"product_id":"bright-green-lies-how-the-environmental-movement-lost-its-way-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-9781948626392","title":"Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do about It","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBright Green Lies\u003c\/i\u003e systematically debunks many of the lies and distortions that characterize the discourse of those who argue that 'technology will stop global warming' or that 'technology will save the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJensen, Derrick:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDerrick Jensen is the acclaimed author of more than twenty-five books, including \u003ci\u003eA Language Older Than Words\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Culture of Make Believe\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEndgame\u003c\/i\u003e. Author, teacher, activist, small farmer, and leading voice of uncompromising dissent, he has been hailed as the philosopher poet of the environmental movement. Writes \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Jensen paints on a huge canvas an emotionally compelling and devastating critique of the intellectual, psychological, emotional and social structure of Western culture.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis premise is as profound as it is persistent: industrial civilization is inherently unsustainable. It will always require violence to biotic and human communities. And it will create a culture where trauma is normalized, where living beings become objects, and where the only relationship left is one of domination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJensen weaves together history, philosophy, environmentalism, economics, literature and psychology to produce a powerful argument and a passionate call for action. He guides us toward concrete solutions by focusing on our most primal human desire: to live on a healthy earth overflowing with uncut forests, clean rivers, and thriving oceans that are not under the constant threat of being destroyed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJensen's writing has been described as \"breaking and mending the reader's heart\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). He writes for The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAudubon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, and has a regular column in Orion. He holds a degree in creative writing from Eastern Washington University, a degree in mineral engineering physics from the Colorado School of Mines, and has taught at Eastern Washington University and Pelican Bay State Prison. He has packed university auditoriums, conferences, and bookstores across the nation, stirring them with revolutionary spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeith, Lierre:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLierre Keith is a writer, small farmer, and radical feminist activist. She is the author of six books including, \u003ci\u003eThe Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been called \"the most important ecological book of this generation.\" She is also coauthor, with Derrick Jensen and Aric McBay, of \u003ci\u003eDeep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet\u003c\/i\u003e. She's been arrested six times for acts of political resistance. She lives in northern California where she shares 20 acres with giant trees and giant dogs. (www.lierrekeith.com)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilbert, Max:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMax Wilbert is a writer, organizer, and wilderness guide. A third-generation dissident, he came of age in a family of anti-war and undoing racism activists in post-WTO Seattle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMax has been part of grassroots political work for nearly 20 years. He has been involved in fighting the Canadian \"tar sands\" megaproject and combating tar sands mining in Utah, in resisting industrial-scale water extraction and deforestation in Nevada, in advocating for the last remaining wild buffalo in Yellowstone, in solidarity work with indigenous communities in British Columbia, and in campaigns against police brutality and sexual violence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMax serves on the Board of Directors of Deep Green Resistance and Fertile Ground Institute for Social and Ecological Justice. He co-founded the Pinyon-Juniper Alliance, a group dedicated to protecting forests in the Intermountain West. He is the editor-in-chief of the Deep Green Resistance News Service, and produces a podcast called The Green Flame.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMax's essays have been published in \u003ci\u003eEarth Island Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCounterpunch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDissident Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, DGR News Service, and elsewhere, and have been translated into several languages. \u003ci\u003eBright Green Lies\u003c\/i\u003e is Max's second book. His first book, an essay collection called \u003ci\u003eWe Choose to Speak\u003c\/i\u003e, was released in 2018 in Germany by Babylon Apocalypse press as Voices of Resistance Vol. 2. He also wrote the introduction to a French-language translation of the \u003ci\u003eEarth First! Direct Action Manual\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Editions Libre in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMax lives near Eugene, Oregon, where he is involved in a communal living project. 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