Edward René David ('Teddy') Goldsmith (born 8 November 1928 in Paris, France) is a Anglo-French environmentalist and eco-philosopher. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Environmentalism is a broad philosophy and Social movement centered on a concern for the conservation and improvement of the environment.
The eldest son of Major Frank Goldsmith, and elder brother of billionaire Sir James Goldsmith, Edward Goldsmith was the editor of The Ecologist magazine from its foundation in 1969 until 1990, and then again from 1997 until 1998. Major Frank Goldsmith ( 1878 - February 14, 1967) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and luxury hotel owner in Sir James Michael Goldsmith ( February 26, 1933, Paris, France - July 18, 1997, Benahavis, Spain The Ecologist is a monthly British Magazine that broadly focuses on promoting an ecological agenda in its news stories opinion and debate Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) He has now been succeeded by his nephew Zac Goldsmith. Frank Zacharias "Zac" Robin Goldsmith (born 20 January 1975 is an English environmentalist and aspiring politician
Goldsmith is particularly well known for his anti-industrial, rural beliefs, and sympathy for tribal and other traditional peoples and their belief systems. He calls for conservation and organic farming. The conservation movement also known as nature conservation is a political social and to some extent scientific movement that seeks to protect natural resources including Organic farming is a form of agriculture that relies on Crop rotation, Green manure, Compost, Biological pest control, and mechanical Cultivation
A founder of The Ecology Party (which became the Green Party) Goldsmith's variant of environmentalism has put him at odds with the current left-wing British Green Party but has won him support among members of the Conservative Old Right. The Green Party was a Green Political party in the United Kingdom
He is the father of actress Clio Goldsmith Shand. Clio Goldsmith ( Clio Shand since 1990 when she married Mark Shand) (born 16 June 1957 in Paris) is a French former Actress [1]
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Bibliography
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- Can Britain Survive? (Editor. 1971).
- Blueprint for Survival (Co-author. Blueprint for Survival is a 1972 book written by Edward Goldsmith, editor of The Ecologist at the time along with its editorial board Penguin, 1972).
- The Stable Society (Author. 1978).
- La Médecine à la Question (Editor & part author. 1981).
- The Social and Environmental Effects of Large Dams :
- Volume I 1984 (Co-author).
- Volume II 1986 (Co-editor).
- Volume III 1992 (Co-editor).
- The Great U-Turn: De-industrialising Society (Author. Green Books, 1988).
- The Earth Report (Co-editor. 1988).
- Gaia, the Thesis, the Mechanisms and the Implications (Co-editor. 1988).
- Gaia and Evolution (Co-editor. 1990).
- 5,000 Days to Save the Planet (Co-author. 1990).
- The Way: an ecological world view (Author. 1992).
- The Case Against the Global Economy: and for a turn towards the local (Co-editor with Jerry Mander. 1996).
- Le Piège se Referme (The trap snaps shut again) (Editor. 2001).
See also
References
External links
- Edward Goldsmith's website (English)
- Edward Goldsmith's website (French)
- Edward Goldsmith's website (Italian)
- The Ecologist website
- Works by or about Edward Goldsmith in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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