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Derrick Jensen (born December 19, 1960) is an American ecophilosopher, writer, author, teacher and 
Jensen is a critic of the mainstream environmental movement's focus on preserving civilization and technology over preserving the natural world.Holzman, Jael (2022).
How a Fight over Transgender Rights Derailed Environmentalists in Nevada
. ''Politico''. Politico LLC. He specifically challenges the lifestyle changes and individualistic solutions broadly advocated, considering them drastically inadequate to the global scale of environmental catastrophe.Kateman, Brian (2022).
To Save The Planet, We Need Systemic Change—But Your Individual Choices Still Matter
. ''Forbes''. Instead, he promotes civil disobedience, radical activism, and dismantling infrastructure on a massive level in order to halt what he has called "the murder of the planet". Jensen is a founder and leader within Deep Green Resistance; his and the organization's belief that women-only spaces should exclude
environmentalist
An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment. An environmentalist can be considered a supporter of the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that se ...
in the anarcho-primitivist tradition, though he rejects the label " anarchist". ''Utne Reader
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'' named Jensen among "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing the World" in 2008, and ''Democracy Now!
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'' says that he "has been called the poet-philosopher of the ecology movement
The environmental movement (sometimes referred to as the ecology movement), also including conservation and green politics, is a diverse philosophical, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues. Environmentalists advoc ...
".
Jensen is a critic of the mainstream environmental movement's focus on preserving civilization and technology over preserving the natural world.Holzman, Jael (2022).How a Fight over Transgender Rights Derailed Environmentalists in Nevada
. ''Politico''. Politico LLC. He specifically challenges the lifestyle changes and individualistic solutions broadly advocated, considering them drastically inadequate to the global scale of environmental catastrophe.Kateman, Brian (2022).
To Save The Planet, We Need Systemic Change—But Your Individual Choices Still Matter
. ''Forbes''. Instead, he promotes civil disobedience, radical activism, and dismantling infrastructure on a massive level in order to halt what he has called "the murder of the planet". Jensen is a founder and leader within Deep Green Resistance; his and the organization's belief that women-only spaces should exclude
trans women
A trans woman or a transgender woman is a woman who was assigned male at birth. Trans women have a female gender identity, may experience gender dysphoria, and may transition; this process commonly includes hormone replacement therapy and s ...
has been the subject of controversy.
Jensen lives in Crescent City, California
Crescent City ( Tolowa: ''Taa-’at-dvn''; Yurok: ''Kohpey''; Wiyot: ''Daluwagh'') is the only incorporated city in Del Norte County, California; it is also the county seat. Named for the crescent-shaped stretch of sandy beach south of the cit ...
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Selected works
* Republished by Chelsea Green in 2004 with . * * Republished by Chelsea Green in 2004 with . * Republished by Chelsea Green in 2004 with . * * * * * , Seven Stories Press, * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *References
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