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The people in this article appear more like a cult than a science-based environment. -Rachel Larrivee, 23, a sustainability consultant based in Boston -Mimi A
by Freskis 5y ago
The people in this article appear more like a cult than a science-based environment.
-Rachel Larrivee, 23, a sustainability consultant based in Boston
-Mimi Ausland, 25, the founder of Free the Ocean
-Matt Ellis-Ramirez, 22, a Chicago-based volunteer for the youth-led environmental activist organization the Sunrise Movement
-Brooke Hoese, a 24-year-old undergraduate in Texas pursuing a career in restoration ecology
- skyfaller 5y agoWhat is a cult? In what way are these cult-like?
- soco 5y agoMaybe that they work together towards a goal of common good. I suppose some people cannot understand why somebody would care for others, or care about the future.
- thebean11 5y agoNot sure what point you're trying to make, am I supposed to be familiar with these organizations? Also, what's culty about "restoration ecology"?
- dieortin 5y agoI’m curious to know why. Out of those people you listed, I don’t see a single thing pointing to a cult, or not consistent with science.
- jdavis703 5y agoI re-read the article critically, and I don’t see any signs of a cult here. Maybe these people are putting their beliefs ahead of empirical research (hard to tell from just this article †), but from what I can tell it’s just people who feel passionately about the environment. † The Sunrise movement generally opposes nuclear energy, carbon capture and geo-engineering. But I think there are scientific and policy arguments for and against these strategies that can be rooted in public policy, engineering and even scientific constrains.