On episode 130 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), host Josh Schlossberg asks the controversial question: Will more recreationists (Nature Users) join with wildland and wildlife protectors (Nature Lovers) or keep teaming up with resource extractors (Nature Abusers)?

Josh talks about:

-The difference between being a Nature Lover, User, and Abuser;

-How important it is for those of us who take from nature—recreationists—to give back;

-Why such a small proportion of recreationists support and/or are engaged in genuine conservation;

-How recreationists are running cover for resource extraction, such as Colorado’s Clearcut Initiative 308 (coloradosmokescreen.org/clearcut-initiative), which would fund industrial logging in endangered species habitat, old-growth forest, and protected Roadless Areas;

-How Nature Lovers might bring more Nature Users over to our side.

The mission of Eco-Integrity Alliance (eco-integrityalliance.org) is to unite U.S. grassroots ecosystem advocates through common campaigns of mutual support.