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unusual facts about Earth First!



Alice Di Micele

When Earth First! activists Judi Bari & Darryl Cherney were bombed, Di Micele, along with friends Dana Lyons and Citizen's Band, toured the Northwest to raise money for them.

The Monkey Wrench Gang

The book may have been the inspiration for Dave Foreman's and Mike Roselle's creation of Earth First!, a direct action environmental organization that often advocates much of the minor vandalism depicted in the book.

Wolves in the Throne Room

In an interview, Nathan Weaver said that he conceived the vision for the band and wrote the first two songs "Wolves in the Throne Room" and "Black Tea" at an Earth First! rendezvous in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in 2002.


see also

Confessions of an Eco-Warrior

At the time Confessions was published, he had just launched a new magazine, Wild Earth (intended as a replacement for the 1980s-era Earth First! Journal), and was soon to launch a new environmental group, The Wildlands Project.

Wild Earth

Those who wished to continue activism under the Earth First! name, including anarchists and a west coast faction led by Judi Bari and Mike Roselle, launched a new Earth First! Journal.