In order to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other, and especially to ourselves. - Derrick Jensen

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In order to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other, and especially to ourselves.

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About Derrick Jensen

Derrick Jensen (born 19 December 1960) is an American author and environmental activist who lives in Northern California.

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This book is about fighting back. The dominant culture -civilization- is killing the planet, and it is long past time for those of us who care about life on earth to begin taking the actions necessary to stop this culture from destroying every living thing.

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Question four: What book would you give to every child?
Answer: I wouldn't give them a book. Books are part of the problem: this strange belief that a tree has nothing to say until it is murdered, its flesh pulped, and then (human) people stain this flesh with words. I would take children outside and put them face to face with chipmunks, dragonflies, tadpoles, hummingbirds, stones, rivers, trees, crawdads.
That said, if you're going to force me to give them a book, it would be The Wind In The Willows, which I hope would remind them to go outside.

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