Edward Goldsmith

Edward ('Teddy') Goldsmith (born 1928 in Paris, France) is an Anglo-French environmentalist.

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1928 - Paris - France - Anglo - French - Environmentalist

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Goldsmith was editor of The Ecologist magazine from its foundation in 1969 until 1990, and then again from 1997 until 1998.

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Ecologist magazine - 1969 - 1990 - 1997 - 1998

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Goldsmith is particularly well known for his anti-industrial, rural beliefs. He calls for conservation and organic farming. He represents a Romantic strain in the green movement that nostalgically looks back to a world before the Industrial Revolution.

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Anti-industrial - Conservation - Organic - Romantic - Green movement - Industrial Revolution

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Goldsmith's variant of environmentalism has put him at odds with the left-wing British Green Party but has won him support among members of the Old Right.

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Left-wing - British Green Party - Old Right

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