Frédéric
Back, Activist
By Claude Villeneuve
A biologist by training, Villeneuve is renowned internationally
for his expertise. He is a member of several eco-advisory committees
and has chaired the Natural, Social and Human Sciences committee
of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO from 2000 to 2004.
My daughter Nathalie was eight years old, and The Man Who
Planted Trees had just won an Oscar. One evening, the phone
rang at home and she picked it up. I will always remember her
expression: “Papa, it’s Frédéric Back
who wants to speak to you!” I don’t think my status
in her eyes was ever as high as during that magical time in
1989.
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Introduction
Imprinted
Becoming
Aware
Standpoint:
• The
Illusion of Progress
• Against
Pollution of Every Kind
• In
Defence of Animals
• To
Save the Forests
• Help
for the Rivers and Oceans
• Artisan
Farmers
Time to
act
Links
to take action
Images
for the struggle
Capturing
the changes |
