Rex Weyler

Both a writer and ecologist, Rex Weyler, was a co-founder of Greenpeace International and editor of the Greenpeace Chronicles in the 1970s. He served on campaigns to preserve rivers and forests, and to stop whaling, sealing, and toxic dumping. He remains active in ecological campaigns and works on water quality legislation in B.C. and forest preservation in Canada and South America.

He currently posts the “Deep Green” column at the Greenpeace International website and writes for The Tyee, the Energy Bulletin, and at rexweyler.com. He writes and consults on film and television projects and speaks on issues of ecology, society, and journalism. He is the author of several books and is currently writing about ecology and the economy. In 1982, Weyler co-founded the Hollyhock education centre on Cortes Island, B.C., in Canada, which offers seminars in practical and creative arts.