ecodefence
/ˌiːkəʊdɪˈfɛns/
ecodefence means collectively, actions intended to disrupt human activities perceived to be damaging to the environment, typically including civil disobedience and illegal sabotage. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.
ecodefence is pronounced /ˌiːkəʊdɪˈfɛns/.
Why “ecodefence” is a great word
ECODEFENCE — [Noun] Collectively, actions intended to disrupt human activities perceived to be damaging to the environment, typically including civil disobedience and illegal sabotage. From the prefix eco- (relating to the environment or ecology) and defence (meaning protection or resistance). Coined in 1985 by David Foreman in the book 'Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching'. Unlike "environmentalism," which works through legal and political channels, or "monkeywrenching," which names the specific acts of sabotage, ecodefence is the overarching strategy of militant resistance. It is the silent spike driven into a timber sale tree, the poured sugar in a bulldozer’s fuel tank, and the occupied tripod blocking a logging road—a desperate grammar of last resort, written not in petitions but in the stalled machinery of a system it deems terminally broken.
Etymology
Coined (as ecodefense) by David Foreman in his 1985 book Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching, from eco- + defence.
noun
- Collectively, actions intended to disrupt human activities perceived to be damaging to the environment, typically including civil disobedience and illegal sabotage.“⁽¹⁾ Ecodefence is a provocative call to those deeply concerned with the need for immediate protection of the limited wilderness areas remaining in Canada and the U.S.
⁽²⁾ Foreman concedes that ecodefence is not the only answer to the defence and promotion of wilderness.
⁽³⁾ The guide includes contributions from several different authors who, with the exception of Foreman, remain anonymous because ”