John Seed

Environmentalist and Deep Ecologist,
Australia.

About the Speaker

John Seed is founder and director of the Rainforest Information Centre in Australia. Since 1979 he has been involved in the direct actions which have resulted in the protection of the Australian rainforests. In 1984 he helped initiate the US Rainforest Action Network which grew out of the first his many US road shows. He has worked for 30 years for the protection of rainforests worldwide for which he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) by the Australian Government in 1995.

He has created numerous projects protecting rainforests in South America, Asia and the Pacific through providing benign and sustainable development projects for their indigenous inhabitants tied to the protection of their forests. These projects have been funded by the Australian Government aid agency AusAID, The Australian Council of Churches and various foundations.

He has written and lectured extensively on deep ecology and with Joanna Macy, Pat Fleming and Professor Arne Naess, he wrote "Thinking like a Mountain - Towards a Council of All Beings" (New Society Publishers) which has now been translated into 10 languages. For more than 20 years he has lectured on Ecophilosophy and conducted experiential deep ecology workshops around the world.

Since 1986 he has worked on various projects in India including the reforestation of Arunachala, defending the Katkari, an oppressed Adivasi community in Maharashtra, and the protection of the world’s largest remaining population of wild Asian elephants in the Nilgiris.

In 2003 he launched an Australian endangered species campaign and made the film "On The Brink" with David Attenborough, David Suzuki, Olivia Newton-John and Jack Thompson.
www.rainforestinfo.org.au
www.rainforestinfo.org.au/projects/india.htm

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