Boost
ABOUT
Canadian environmental philosopher associated with the Deep Ecology movement. He pioneered the concept of Left Biocentrism and published a 1998 primer on the topic.He was an anti-capitalist, an anti-industrialist, and a passionate advocate of social justice.He lost his teaching position at Sir George Williams University (now Concordia University) after writing a paper praising revolutionary Communist Che Guevara.
BEFORE FAMEHe apprenticed as a shipwright in the Portsmouth Dockyard for five years, beginning when he was fifteen years old.
PERSONAL LIFEHe lived in Nova Scotia with his wife and collaborator, Helga Hoffmann-Orton.
FUN FACTSActivist David Keith Orton were born on Saturday, birthstone is Garnet, the seaon was Winter in the Chinese year of Dog, it is 3 days until David Keith Orton next birthday.
