Green Heroes: From Buddha To Leonardo DiCaprio

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This book provides an introduction into the diversity of the environmental movement through great characters in the green sector. The book describes inspiring personal achievements, and at the same time it provides readers with information regarding the history, the main directions and the ethical principles of the environmental movement. Some of the most important characters of the movement from all around the world, are included in the book. As well as the title characters, Buddha and Leonardo DiCaprio, other famous environmentalists like Albert Schweitzer, David Attenborough and Jane Goodall are discussed. Some of the less well-known but equally important environmentalists such as Chico Mendes, Bruno Manser, Henry Spira, Tom Regan or Rossano Ercolini are highlighted in the various chapters. The selection of characters represents all major branches within the green sector, ranging from medieval saints to Hollywood celebrities, from university professors to field activists, from politicians to philosophers, from ecofeminists to radicals. Acknowledgements......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 Introduction......Page 11 Worth Reading......Page 12 Worth Watching......Page 13 Part I: Heroes for Animals......Page 14 Do Not Kill – Buddha’s Compassion for Animals......Page 15 Worth Watching......Page 17 Saint Francis of Assisi – The Patron Saint of Animals......Page 18 Worth Reading......Page 20 Saint Francis of Paola – Humility and Non-violence......Page 21 Worth Reading......Page 23 Animals Are Back – The Ethics of Jeremy Bentham......Page 24 Worth Browsing......Page 26 Pioneers of Animal Advocacy in the Nineteenth and the Early Twentieth Centuries......Page 27 Worth Browsing......Page 30 Charles Darwin – Evolution and the Fall of Human Superiority......Page 31 Worth Watching......Page 35 Reverence for Life – Albert Schweitzer’s Biocentrism......Page 36 Worth Watching......Page 40 Cleveland Amory and the Fund for Animals......Page 41 Worth Watching......Page 43 Spokesmen for Animals – Richard Ryder, Peter Singer, and Tom Regan......Page 44 Worth Watching......Page 49 How Henry Spira Put Animal Liberation into Practice......Page 50 Worth Watching......Page 54 Ingrid Newkirk, Alex Pacheco, and PETA......Page 55 Worth Watching......Page 60 Talking Apes – Ambassadors of the Animal Kingdom in the Human World......Page 61 Worth Watching......Page 65 Parrots, Dolphins, Seals – And What They Have Taught Us......Page 66 Worth Watching......Page 68 In the Front Line of Animal Advocacy – From Brigitte Bardot to Lek Chailert......Page 69 Worth Reading......Page 73 Worth Watching......Page 74 Part II: Heroes for Nature......Page 75 Beginnings of the Conservation Movement......Page 76 Worth Reading......Page 79 Worth Watching......Page 80 Aldo Leopold and the Land Ethic......Page 81 Worth Watching......Page 84 Under the Banner of the Giant Panda......Page 85 Worth Browsing......Page 87 Arne Naess and the Deep Ecology Movement......Page 88 Worth Watching......Page 91 Living with Big Cats – The Story of Joy and George Adamson......Page 92 Worth Browsing......Page 95 Worth Watching......Page 96 The Modern Noah – Gerald Durrell’s Mission to Save Endangered Animals......Page 97 Worth Watching......Page 100 Farley Mowat Never Cried Wolf......Page 101 Worth Watching......Page 104 Jane Goodall – A Lifelong Optimist......Page 105 Worth Browsing......Page 109 Worth Watching......Page 110 No One Loved Gorillas More – The Life and Legacy of Dian Fossey......Page 111 Worth Browsing......Page 116 Worth Watching......Page 117 Biruté Galdikas and the People of the Forest......Page 118 Worth Reading......Page 120 Worth Watching......Page 121 Jacques-Yves Cousteau – In Awe of the Oceans......Page 122 Worth Watching......Page 125 Mike Pandey – Using the Power of Motion Picture......Page 126 Worth Watching......Page 128 David Attenborough – The Grand Old Man of Natural History Filmmaking......Page 129 Worth Watching......Page 133 Paul Watson – The Daredevil of Conservation......Page 134 Worth Watching......Page 139 Part III: Heroes for the Environment......Page 140 The Environmental Movement Is Born – Rachel Carson and Silent Spring......Page 141 Worth Watching......Page 144 Environmentalism Gaining Momentum – Denis Hayes and Earth Day......Page 145 Worth Watching......Page 148 The Greenpeace-Story......Page 149 Worth Reading......Page 152 Worth Watching......Page 153 Chico Mendes – A Martyr for the Rainforest......Page 154 Worth Watching......Page 158 Missing in Action – The Story of Bruno Manser......Page 159 Worth Watching......Page 164 Oil Is Blood – The Fight of Ken Saro-Wiwa......Page 165 Worth Watching......Page 168 A Passion for Trees – Wangari Maathai and the Green Belt Movement......Page 169 Worth Watching......Page 173 Vandana Shiva – Defending Traditional Agriculture......Page 174 Worth Browsing......Page 178 Worth Watching......Page 179 Tree Huggers and Hunger Strikers – Environmental Leadership in India......Page 180 Worth Watching......Page 184 The Sacrifice of Berta Cáceres......Page 185 Worth Watching......Page 188 Don’t Waste It! – Rossano Ercolini, Bea Johnson, and Ian Kiernan......Page 189 Worth Watching......Page 192 Al Gore – The Climate Crusader......Page 193 Worth Watching......Page 197 Arnold Schwarzenegger – The Strong Man of Environmentalism......Page 198 Worth Watching......Page 201 Greening Hollywood – The Activism of Leonardo DiCaprio......Page 202 Worth Browsing......Page 205 Worth Watching......Page 206 Epilogue......Page 207