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Robert Lorne Hunter (October 13, 1941 – May 2, 2005) was a Canadian environmentalist, journalist, author and politician. He was a member of the Don't Make a Wave Committee in 1969, and a co-founder of Greenpeace in 1971 and its first president.
Bob was a hippy journalist in Vancouver, a town which he described as having “the biggest concentration of tree-huggers, radicalized students, garbage-dump stoppers, shit-disturbing unionists, freeway fighters, pot smokers and growers, ageing Trotskyites, condo killers, farmland savers, fish preservationists, animal rights activists, back-to ...
May 4, 2005 · Bob Hunter, Canadian journalist and co-founder of Greenpeace, died yesterday of prostate cancer. Reader Stephen Best forwarded us a nice appreciation of Hunter, written by his friend and fellow...
In 2000, TIME Magazine named Robert Hunter one of the “Eco-heroes” of the twentieth century, recognizing him – along with the likes of Rachel Carson and Jacques Cousteau – as a co-founder of Greenpeace and a pioneer in ecological activism
May 2, 2020 · When Erebus was published and earned a Governor General’s Award nomination, Hunter moved up to news reporter at the Vancouver Sun. When the editor ran a contest for a vacant columnist job, Bob won and began writing his own column.
Robert (Bob) Lorne Hunter (October 13, 1941 – May 2, 2005) was a Canadian environmentalist, journalist, author and politician. He was the first president of Greenpeace and was a leading voice in the ecology movement of the 1970’s.
Mar 1, 2010 · Bob (Robert Lorne) Hunter: 13 Oct 1941 – 2 May 2005. A Canadian journalist, author and environmental activist. Bob began his career at the Winnipeg Tribune and later wrote a regular column for the Vancouver Sun and was later Ecology Specialist for City TV, a news station in Toronto.
