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Ecotage

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Ecotage (a portmanteau of the "eco-" prefix and "sabotage") is direct action by extreme environmentalist groups (such as Earth First!) in the Western world. [1]

43 relations: A Friend of the Earth, Carl Hiaasen, Choke Canyon, Concrete (comics), Direct action, Earth First!, Earth Liberation Front, Ecotage!, Edward Abbey, Environmental movement, Environmentalism, Gas-guzzler, Genetic engineering, Green Scare, Hoot (novel), Hummer, Jokerman 8, Kim Stanley Robinson, Los Angeles, Mansion, Mars trilogy, Monmouth, Oregon, Neal Stephenson, New Zealand, On Deadly Ground, Operation Backfire (FBI), Pacific Northwest, Portmanteau, Radical environmentalism, Richard Melo, Sabotage, San Diego, Sick Puppy, Sport utility vehicle, T. C. Boyle, Terraforming of Mars, The Monkey Wrench Gang, Tourist Season (novel), United States, United States dollar, University of Washington, Vail, Colorado, Zodiac (novel).

A Friend of the Earth

A Friend of the Earth is a 2000 novel by T. Coraghessan Boyle.

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Carl Hiaasen

Carl Hiaasen (born March 12, 1953) is an American writer.

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Choke Canyon

Choke Canyon (titled On Dangerous Ground outside the United States) is a 1986 movie starring Stephen Collins as a "cowboy scientist" trying to develop an alternative energy source.

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Concrete (comics)

Concrete is a comic book series created and written by Paul Chadwick and published by Dark Horse Comics.

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Direct action

Direct action occurs when a group takes an action which is intended to reveal an existing problem, highlight an alternative, or demonstrate a possible solution to a social issue.

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Earth First!

Earth First! is a radical environmental advocacy group that emerged in the Southwestern United States in 1979.

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Earth Liberation Front

The Earth Liberation Front (ELF), also known as "Elves" or "The Elves", is the collective name for autonomous individuals or covert cells who, according to the ELF Press Office, use "economic sabotage and guerrilla warfare to stop the exploitation and destruction of the environment".

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Ecotage!

Ecotage! was a 1972 paperback book edited by Sam Love and David Obst and published by Pocket Books.

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Edward Abbey

Edward Paul Abbey (January 29, 1927 – March 14, 1989) was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of public land policies, and anarchist political views.

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Environmental movement

The environmental movement (sometimes referred to as the ecology movement), also including conservation and green politics, is a diverse scientific, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues.

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Environmentalism

Environmentalism or environmental rights is a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement regarding concerns for environmental protection and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the impact of changes to the environment on humans, animals, plants and non-living matter.

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Gas-guzzler

A gas-guzzler, in informal language, is a vehicle that is perceived to consume a lot of fuel.

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Genetic engineering

Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification or genetic manipulation, is the direct manipulation of an organism's genes using biotechnology.

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Green Scare

The Green Scare is legal action by the US government against the radical environmental movement.

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Hoot (novel)

Hoot is a 2002 young adult novel by Carl Hiaasen.

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Hummer

Hummer was a brand of trucks and SUVs, first marketed in 1992 when AM General began selling a civilian version of the M998 Humvee.

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Jokerman 8

Jokerman 8, by Richard Melo, is a novel of that follows a group of college students whose lives weave in and out of the radical environmental movement.

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Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American writer of science fiction.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Mansion

A mansion is a large dwelling house.

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Mars trilogy

The Mars trilogy is a series of award-winning science fiction novels by Kim Stanley Robinson that chronicles the settlement and terraforming of the planet Mars through the intensely personal and detailed viewpoints of a wide variety of characters spanning almost two centuries.

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Monmouth, Oregon

Monmouth (is a city in Polk County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was named for Monmouth, Illinois, the origin of its earliest settlers. The population is 10,174 (2016 est.) and it is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Neal Stephenson

Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer and game designer known for his works of speculative fiction.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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On Deadly Ground

On Deadly Ground is a 1994 environmental action-adventure film, directed, co-produced by and starring Steven Seagal, and co-starring Michael Caine, Joan Chen, John C. McGinley and R. Lee Ermey.

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Operation Backfire (FBI)

Operation Backfire is a multi-agency criminal investigation, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), into destructive acts in the name of animal rights and environmental causes in the United States described as eco-terrorism by the FBI.

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Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest (PNW), sometimes referred to as Cascadia, is a geographic region in western North America bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and (loosely) by the Cascade Mountain Range on the east.

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Portmanteau

A portmanteau or portmanteau word is a linguistic blend of words,, p. 644 in which parts of multiple words or their phones (sounds) are combined into a new word, as in smog, coined by blending smoke and fog, or motel, from motor and hotel.

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Radical environmentalism

Radical environmentalism is a grassroots branch of the larger environmental movement that emerged from an ecocentrism-based frustration with the co-option of mainstream environmentalism.

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Richard Melo

Richard Melo (born August 10, 1968) is an American author and book reviewer.

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Sabotage

Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity, effort or organization through subversion, obstruction, disruption or destruction.

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San Diego

San Diego (Spanish for 'Saint Didacus') is a major city in California, United States.

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Sick Puppy

Sick Puppy is a 2000 novel by Carl Hiaasen.

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Sport utility vehicle

Sport-utility (vehicle), SUV or sport-ute is an automotive classification, typically a kind of station wagon / estate car with off-road vehicle features like raised ground clearance and ruggedness, and available four-wheel drive.

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T. C. Boyle

Thomas Coraghessan Boyle, also known as T. C. Boyle and T. Coraghessan Boyle (born December 2, 1948), is an American novelist and short story writer.

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Terraforming of Mars

Terraforming of Mars is a hypothetical process of planetary engineering by which the surface and climate of Mars would be deliberately changed to make large areas of the environment hospitable to humans, thus making the colonization of Mars safer and sustainable.

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The Monkey Wrench Gang

The Monkey Wrench Gang is a novel written by American author Edward Abbey (1927–1989), published in 1975.

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Tourist Season (novel)

Tourist Season is a 1986 novel by Carl Hiaasen.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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University of Washington

The University of Washington (commonly referred to as UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.

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Vail, Colorado

The Town of Vail is a Home Rule Municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States.

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Zodiac (novel)

Zodiac: An Eco-Thriller (1988) is a novel by American writer Neal Stephenson.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecotage

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