Rex Weyler
Rex Weyler is a writer and ecologist. His books include Blood of the Land, an indigenous history of the Americas, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize; and Greenpeace: The Inside Story, which was a finalist for the BC Book Award and the Shaughnessy-Cohen Award for Political Writing.
In the 1970s, Weyler was a cofounder of Greenpeace International and editor of the Greenpeace Chronicles. He has served on campaigns to preserve wild rivers, endangered species, indigenous forest land in Argentina, and is currently active with Tanker Free BC, protecting the BC coast from tar sands oil tankers.
He writes about ecology, economics, and energy in his “Deep Green” blog at Greenpeace International, and appears on The Tyee, Energy Bulletin, and other sites. He is currently writing a book.
Reporting beat: Ecology, economy, and energy.
Connection to B.C.: Rex was born in Colorado and immigrated to Canada in 1972. He currently lives on Cortes Island, where he co-founded the Hollyhock education centre.
Twitter: @rex_weyler
Personal website: rexweyler.com
Stories by Rex Weyler
To Save Our Ecology, We Must Move Beyond Hope
Fifty years of 'environmentalism' and we're less sustainable. So what do we do now?
Greenpeace at 40: An Album of 'Mind Bomb' Images
From its Vancouver inception, Greenpeace knew the camera's power to shock and inspire, co-founder Rex Weyler explains. A Tyee photo gallery.
What Happened on the BP Oil Rig?
The facts, now out, are detailed here. The moral reckoning has yet to begin.
Attacking Margaret Atwood: Are Limits to Growth Real?
She's been flayed in the Ottawa Citizen for her ideas about scarcity. But who's the 'slack, lazy' one?
Back from Extinction
BC's forgotten Sinixt Nation reoccupies its homeland. A tale of tenacity and joyous rebirth.
Delivering 'Framed' John Graham
He faces a US murder warrant. New evidence suggests he's the victim of smears.
Jim Green, The Tyee Interview
Vancouver Vision's mayoral candidate on the big split, cops, drugs, gambling, panhandlers and more.
Did the Greens Put the BC Liberals Back in Office?
They may have, depending on estimates. Efforts renew to pursue an NDP-Green alliance.
Why Are We Still Hunting Seals?
Canada keeps subsidizing the clubbing and skinning of infant seals in their nursery.
Greenpeace Visits the Pope
The activists' papal audience began with a comic cloak-and-dagger deportation from Paris.
Remembering a Great Legal Warrior
David Gibbons, the famed B.C. defence lawyer who died last week, fought for Greenpeace in its early days. A first-hand account.
Greenpeace Gets a Name
In 1970, a Vancouver anti-nuclear activist casually uttered the words "green peace" and a great movement was launched.
Greenpeace Tracks the Russians
In 1976, a converted Canadian minesweeper zeroed in on the Russian whaling fleet in the North Pacific.
Tell Laura I Love Her
My class reunion took me back to Texas and memories of tragic, sweet Laura. The Laura who married George, and became America's First Lady.
