Meaning of eco-warrior | Babel Free

Definitions

An environmentalist who places a greater emphasis upon taking practical action, rather than upon theoretical considerations, in order to advance an ecological ideology.

Examples

“The time has come⟳, eco-warriors say⟳, for the underground in this war to rise⟳, to fight⟳ back against the onslaught of technomania sweeping every corner of the world from Silicon Valley to the Amazon River Valley, […]”

“Up to 300 squatters – eco-warriors to some, green jihadis to others – now live⟳ in the ZAD: […]”

“Green can be a double-edged sword. Does it make⟳ sense⟳ for an eco-warrior to arrive⟳ at (say⟳) the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in his Tesla electric car, get⟳ out in his low-carbon vegan trainers, and then step into a 19th century means of transport⟳ that is staggeringly inefficient and pretty darn polluting?”

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