Wilderness – Brent Plater

The World We’d Rather Have

March 17, 2016March 10, 2021 by Brent Plater

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I’ve been a professional environmentalist for over 15 years. People actually pay me to protect the places I love and the most vulnerable communities and species on the planet. It’s an incredible privilege, and every day I feel gratitude for the faith and support people have given me. Even so,…

For People and the Plants and Animals That Accompany Us on Earth

April 13, 2013August 24, 2022 by Brent Plater

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In late October of 2012, Wild Equity Institute Executive Director Brent Plater was invited to a weekend workshop to discuss the future of the conservation movement with luminaries in several environmental fields. The following essay is one of several products we’ve produced based on that workshop. In a…

Defend Wildness Resolutely Everywhere: A Defense of Drake’s Estero Wilderness, In Response to Jason Mark

December 20, 2012March 10, 2021 by Brent Plater

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This article is intermittently childish (‘cows degrade wilderness, so oysters should be able to too!!’), ignorant (nearly all designated wildernesses begin as a ‘potential’ wilderness area) and myopic (if your vision for Alemany Farm was as short-sighted as it is for Drake’s Wilderness, we’d still be using the farm as…

In Wilderness is the Preservation of You

July 9, 2007December 11, 2017 by Brent Plater

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For five years, I was a competitive cyclist—not competitive against Lance Armstrong of course, but I trained for hundreds of hours a year, joining a community of amateur athletes who found it prudent to spend more money on their bicycles than their cars. Aside from the spending habits, it was…