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Summary: Student Authors Challenge and Inspire an Aging Movement
Review: I have to admit to a special interest in Defending Wild Washington. Not only have I been involved in the forest protection movement in this state since the mid 1980s, but as a current Graduate Student at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, I had the rare opportunity to get to know the undergraduate students and their instructors who together wrote this astonishing book.Why make this claim? In early October of 2002, 20 plus students new to the issue began researching the history and current status of a movement of individuals and organizations working to protect Washington's Wildness. By June 2003 they had finished the research, interviewed key players and completed a draft manuscript, which was well written and gave a cogent analysis of this complex issue. Even after leaving the class, they continued to work with draft after draft, refining the words and the message to get it just right. The final product is something well worth reading and is a sterling accomplishment for everyone who participated. More than just a narrative of events, this book discusses and analyzes what is positive and what needs change within the current movement. The students, and their major faculty member and editor of this book, Ted Whitesell, offer seasoned activits advice we may find difficult to hear. They want us, and you, to stop thinking small during this time of political conservativism, but rather to think big and bold and begin rebuildng the movement--from the grassroots on up. Good for them. They have the right message for this time and I only hope each and every one of them will join the movement and provide us with their great inspiration to stretch and grow. I also hope they will inspire the readers of this book to get involved. Washington will not keep its wildness without the help of thousands of committed citizens. Defending Wild Washington points the way.
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