eco-warriors
Planet's passionate defenders
Eco-warriors are environmental activists who take direct, often confrontational action to protect nature.
The term can be admiring or dismissive depending on the speaker—supporters see dedication, critics see extremism.
Eco-warriors chain themselves to trees, blockade logging roads, or sabotage equipment: The eco-warriors occupied the construction site for three weeks.
Those who manage affairs
- protectorsThose who guard others
- defendersThose who shield others
- custodiansThose entrusted with care
- keepersThose who maintain
sentinels · conservationists · preservers · champions · wardens · caretakers · watchdogs · advocates
Public expression of disapproval
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
- boycottOrganized economic protest
civil disobedience · direct action · grassroots · sit-in · blockade · petition · rally · occupation
Preventing waste or loss
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
endangered species · habitat · pollution · climate change · recycling · renewable energy · deforestation · carbon footprint
stewards
Those who manage affairs
- protectorsThose who guard others
- defendersThose who shield others
- custodiansThose entrusted with care
keepers · sentinels · conservationists · preservers · champions · wardens · caretakers · watchdogs · advocates · trustees
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
boycott · civil disobedience · direct action · grassroots · sit-in · blockade · petition · rally · occupation · vigil
conservation
Preventing waste or loss
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
rainforest · endangered species · habitat · pollution · climate change · recycling · renewable energy · deforestation · carbon footprint · emissions
passionate
Intensely emotional or enthusiastic
- committedFirmly pledged or bound
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
dedicated · staunch · resolute · steadfast · militant · radical · uncompromising · crusading · fiery · vigilant
- eco-activistsclimate activists, tree hugger, tree huggers, conservationists, environmentalists
- eco-activismdirect action, eco-sabotage, ecodefense, ecoterrorism, monkeywrenching
- Fringe Groupsmilitias, extremists, radicals, separatists, dissidents
- Cli-Ficli-fi, climate fiction, climate disaster, eco-fiction, ecofiction
- subculturespunk, punks, hippie, goth, hippies
eco-warriorspolluters
Those who contaminate surroundings
oil executives · deforesters · big oil · anti-environmentalists · whalers
economy, warrior, ecology, warriors, environmentalist, eco-warrior