This is Dr Patrick Moore’s engaging first-hand account of his many years as the ultimate Greenpeace insider, a co-founder and leader in the organisation’s top committee. 

Moore explains why, 15 years after co-founding it, he left Greenpeace to establish a more sensible, science-based approach to environmentalism.

He notes that since he left Greenpeace, “its members, and the majority of the movement, have adopted policy after policy that reflects their antihuman bias, illustrates their rejection of science and technology, and actually increases the risk of harm to people and the environment. They oppose forestry even though it provides our most abundant renewable resource. They have zero tolerance for genetically modified food crops, even though this technology reduces pesticide use and improves nutrition for people who suffer from malnutrition. They continue to oppose nuclear energy, even though it is the best technology to replace fossil fuels and reduce green house gas emissions. They campaign against hydroelectric projects despite the fact that hydro is by far the most abundant renewable source of electricity. And they support the vicious and misguided campaign against salmon farming, an industry that produces more than a million tons of heart-friendly food every year.”

People who will have nothing to do with religion have, as the late Dr Michael Chrichton suggested, turned the environmental movement into a religious movement. Humans were created by God to live in and enjoy nature, but to worship the creator not the creation. 

Increasingly, environmentalists see mankind as the enemy of nature and many dream of a world free of humans. Moore argues that this antihuman bias is unnecessary and unproductive, and that we enjoy nature and use it resources in a respectful way.

By Patrick Moore
Beatty Street Publishing Inc, Vancouver, 2010
ISBN 978-0-9864808-2-9

– David McLeod-Jones