Interview with Derrick Jensen; Confronting the Reality of the Destruction
- Duration: 58:29
- Updated: 31 Dec 2014
August 12th, 2014
Broadcast live out of Crescent City, CA
at KFUG 101.1FM and streaming at
Counter Culture Radio host Dr.Dan Schultz interviews author and speaker Derrick Jensen. Prolific writer and one of Utne Reader's "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing the World," Crescent City's own "philosopher-poet of the environmental movement" will speak on ecology, humanity, and our changing relationship with the planet. Derrick has published dozens of books and magazine articles, been featured in documentaries, and packed university auditoriums, conferences, and bookstores across the nation, stirring them with revolutionary spirit and hope for a more harmonious future for our planet and its people.What if the movie star wars was written by environmentalists?
The film makers says-
Derrick Jensen speaks, and my world view has never been the same since. Unlike the other speakers, Derrick did not talk about about solar panels or wind turbines. He spoke of our cultures systematic destruction of the planet and of the failure of the environmental movement. After hearing his talk, I immediately sought out his books and the first seeds of END:CIV were planted. The Star Wars piece is one of Derricks best analogies, one that delivers a precise critique of mainstream environmental groups.
Directed by Franklin López, Motion Graphic support by pussykrew . Production assistance by Paul Clarke, Annette Fick, Rosalee Yagihara and Chris Bevacqua
END:CIV examines our culture's addiction to systematic violence and environmental exploitation, and probes the resulting epidemic of poisoned landscapes and shell-shocked nations. Based in part on Endgame, the best-selling book by Derrick Jensen, END:CIV asks: "If your homeland was invaded by aliens who cut down the forests, poisoned the water and air, and contaminated the food supply, would you resist?"
The causes underlying the collapse of civilizations are usually traced to overuse of resources. As we write this, the world is reeling from economic chaos, peak oil, climate change, environmental degradation, and political turmoil. Every day, the headlines re-hash stories of scandal and betrayal of the public trust. We don't have to make outraged demands for the end of the current global system — it seems to be coming apart already.
But acts of courage, compassion and altruism abound, even in the most damaged places. By documenting the resilience of the people hit hardest by war and repression, and the heroism of those coming forward to confront the crisis head-on, END:CIV illuminates a way out of this all-consuming madness and into a saner future.
Backed by Jensen's narrative, the film calls on us to act as if we truly love this land. The film trips along at a brisk pace, using music, archival footage, motion graphics, animation, slapstick and satire to deconstruct the global economic system, even as it implodes around us. END:CIV illustrates first-person stories of sacrifice and heroism with intense, emotionally-charged images that match Jensen's poetic and intuitive approach. Scenes shot in the back country provide interludes of breathtaking natural beauty alongside clearcut evidence of horrific but commonplace destruction.
END:CIV features interviews with Paul Watson, Waziyatawin, Gord Hill, Michael Becker, Peter Gelderloos, Lierre Keith, James Howard Kunstler, Stephanie McMillan, Qwatsinas, Rod Coronado, John Zerzan and more. presents a clip as part of the "Why are Things Falling Apart?" series. In this one, Derrick Jensen discusses how crucial it is to the environmental struggle to understand who and what we identify with.In today's rant, I implore you (one more time) to read what is quite possibly the most important book ever written about what we need to do to save this planet: Derrick Jensen's "Endgame, Volume One: The Problem of Civilization." Until we all understand that the industrial civilization is what is killing this planet, we are never going to do what needs to be
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August 12th, 2014
Broadcast live out of Crescent City, CA
at KFUG 101.1FM and streaming at
Counter Culture Radio host Dr.Dan Schultz interviews author and speaker Derrick Jensen. Prolific writer and one of Utne Reader's "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing the World," Crescent City's own "philosopher-poet of the environmental movement" will speak on ecology, humanity, and our changing relationship with the planet. Derrick has published dozens of books and magazine articles, been featured in documentaries, and packed university auditoriums, conferences, and bookstores across the nation, stirring them with revolutionary spirit and hope for a more harmonious future for our planet and its people.What if the movie star wars was written by environmentalists?
The film makers says-
Derrick Jensen speaks, and my world view has never been the same since. Unlike the other speakers, Derrick did not talk about about solar panels or wind turbines. He spoke of our cultures systematic destruction of the planet and of the failure of the environmental movement. After hearing his talk, I immediately sought out his books and the first seeds of END:CIV were planted. The Star Wars piece is one of Derricks best analogies, one that delivers a precise critique of mainstream environmental groups.
Directed by Franklin López, Motion Graphic support by pussykrew . Production assistance by Paul Clarke, Annette Fick, Rosalee Yagihara and Chris Bevacqua
END:CIV examines our culture's addiction to systematic violence and environmental exploitation, and probes the resulting epidemic of poisoned landscapes and shell-shocked nations. Based in part on Endgame, the best-selling book by Derrick Jensen, END:CIV asks: "If your homeland was invaded by aliens who cut down the forests, poisoned the water and air, and contaminated the food supply, would you resist?"
The causes underlying the collapse of civilizations are usually traced to overuse of resources. As we write this, the world is reeling from economic chaos, peak oil, climate change, environmental degradation, and political turmoil. Every day, the headlines re-hash stories of scandal and betrayal of the public trust. We don't have to make outraged demands for the end of the current global system — it seems to be coming apart already.
But acts of courage, compassion and altruism abound, even in the most damaged places. By documenting the resilience of the people hit hardest by war and repression, and the heroism of those coming forward to confront the crisis head-on, END:CIV illuminates a way out of this all-consuming madness and into a saner future.
Backed by Jensen's narrative, the film calls on us to act as if we truly love this land. The film trips along at a brisk pace, using music, archival footage, motion graphics, animation, slapstick and satire to deconstruct the global economic system, even as it implodes around us. END:CIV illustrates first-person stories of sacrifice and heroism with intense, emotionally-charged images that match Jensen's poetic and intuitive approach. Scenes shot in the back country provide interludes of breathtaking natural beauty alongside clearcut evidence of horrific but commonplace destruction.
END:CIV features interviews with Paul Watson, Waziyatawin, Gord Hill, Michael Becker, Peter Gelderloos, Lierre Keith, James Howard Kunstler, Stephanie McMillan, Qwatsinas, Rod Coronado, John Zerzan and more. presents a clip as part of the "Why are Things Falling Apart?" series. In this one, Derrick Jensen discusses how crucial it is to the environmental struggle to understand who and what we identify with.In today's rant, I implore you (one more time) to read what is quite possibly the most important book ever written about what we need to do to save this planet: Derrick Jensen's "Endgame, Volume One: The Problem of Civilization." Until we all understand that the industrial civilization is what is killing this planet, we are never going to do what needs to be
- published: 31 Dec 2014
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