Where Did the Phrase “Tree-Hugger” Come From? – January 12, 2012

Indian Roots of the Term Speak of a History of Non-Violent Resistance

Photo courtesy Waging NonviolenceThe Chipko movement (which means “to cling”) started in the 1970s when a group of
peasant women in Northern India threw their arms around trees designated to be cut down.

A version of this article appeared in Waging Nonviolence

Show the slightest bit of concern for the environment and you get labeled a tree hugger. That’s what poor Newt Gingrich has been dealing with recently, as the other presidential candidates attack his conservative credentials for having once appeared in an ad with Nancy Pelosi in support of renewable energy. Never mind that he has since called the ad the… more

by: Bryan Farrell

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