Not without a fight

Long hair flowing to his shoulders, agate bracelet clasping his wrist, Bob Hunter sits in his writing cabin, at his computer, surrounded by trees.

You wouldn't think death was on his mind.

"God bless the 'burbs." He looks out the window at the sylvan glade that doubles as the backyard of his home in the wilds of Scarborough — not exactly where you'd expect to find one of North America's most prominent environmental activists. This is the man, after all, who co-founded Greenpeace and created "Media Mind Bomb" tactics designed to explode in the public consciousness "through dramatic, camera-ready opposition to environmental crimes," according to the Greenpeace website

And here he is, one of Time magazine's top "eco-heroes" of the 20th century, glowing with good cheer after three and a half weeks at a Mexican cancer clinic, belying rumours of his imminent demise.

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Source: Toronto Star

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