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Scott Nearing (August 6, 1883 - August 24, 1983) was an American conservationist, peace activist, educator and writer. Nearing is the father of John Scott. Born in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, Nearing is still viewed as a radical 20 years after his death. In 1954 he co-authored Living the Good Life: How to Live Simply and Sanely in a Troubled World with his wife Helen (see the entry for Helen and Scott Nearing). The book, in which war, famine, and poverty were discussed, described a nineteen-year "back to the land experiment," and also advocated a modern day "homesteading." Eugene V. Debs, the five-time Socialist presidential candidate, called Nearing the "greatest teacher in the United States," and Allen Ginsberg, the famous Beat Generation poet, referred to Nearing as a "grand old man. A real mensch." Nearing's anti-war activities cost him two teaching jobs, and he was even charged under the Espionage Act for opposing the First World War. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Helen Knothe Nearing (1904-1995) and Scott Nearing (1883-1983) and were well known American back-to-the-landers who wrote extensively about their experience living what they termed the good life. Scott was a trained economist and former college professor (he had lost his position due to his anarchist... Scott Nearing Original from http://www. ... August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Scott, was an American writer who worked in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. The OSS was the predecessor organization to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). ... Kittanning is a borough located in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. ... State nickname: The Keystone State Official languages None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell (D) Senators Arlen Specter (R) Rick Santorum (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 33rd 119,283 km² 2. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Helen Knothe Nearing (1904-1995) and Scott Nearing (1883-1983) and were well known American back-to-the-landers who wrote extensively about their experience living what they termed the good life. Scott was a trained economist and former college professor (he had lost his position due to his anarchist... Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American labor and political leader and five-time Socialist Party of America candidate for President of the United States. ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Allen Ginsberg, far left, at Airport Frankfurt, Germany Irwin Allen Ginsberg (IPA: ) (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American Beat poet born in Newark, New Jersey. ... The term beat generation was introduced by Jack Kerouac in approximately 1948 to describe his social circle to the novelist John Clellon Holmes (who published an early novel about the beat generation, titled Go, in 1952, along with a manifesto of sorts in the New York Times Magazine: This is... The Espionage Act was passed by the 65th United States Congress on June 15, 1917, during World War I. This act made it a crime, punishable by a $10,000 fine and 20 years in jail, for a person to convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere... Clockwise from top: Trenches in frontline, a British Mark I Tank crossing a trench, the Royal Navy battleship HMS Irresistible sinking after striking a mine at the battle of the Dardanelles, a Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks and a Sopwith Camel biplane. ...

Largely self-reliant, Nearing lived in the wooded areas of Vermont and Maine, self-publishing his own books and pamphlets. Interestingly, Nearing made a cameo appearance in the film Reds, starring Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton. The movie centered on Nearing's close friend John Reed (who was portrayed by Beatty in the film). Feeling a sense of dignity in the common man, and wanting to serve, Nearing wrote pamphlets on low income, peace throughout the world, feminism, and many different environmental causes. Nearing wrote a political autobiography titled The Making of a Radical, published in 1972. State nickname: The Green Mountain State Official languages None Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Governor Jim Douglas (R) Senators Patrick Leahy (D) Jim Jeffords (I) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 43th 24,923 km² 3. ... State nickname: The Pine Tree State Official languages None Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Governor John Baldacci (D) Senators Olympia Snowe (R) Susan Collins (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 39th 86,542 km² 13. ... Reds is a 1981 movie starring Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton. ... Warren Beatty Henry Goro Beaty (born March 30, 1937 in Richmond, Virginia), now known as Warren Beatty, is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. ... Diane Keaton Diane Keaton (born Diane Hall on January 5, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress, producer and director. ... John Jack Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 – October 19, 1920) was a journalist and a Communist activist, famous for his first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution called Ten Days that Shook the World. ... The concept of peace ranks among the most controversial in our time. ... Feminism is a diverse collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies, largely motivated by or concerning the experiences of women, especially in terms of their social, political, and economic situation. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...

Nearing was notably critical of the U.S Government. On August 6, 1945, the day President Harry S. Truman ordered the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, Nearing wrote a damning letter to the president, stating "your government is no longer mine." August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the thirty-fourth Vice President (1945) and the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–53), succeeding to the office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. ... Main keep of Hiroshima Castle The city of Hiroshima (広島市; -shi) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japans islands. ...

As the Vietnam War took center stage in the mid 1960s, and as a large back to the land movement developed in the U.S., a renewed interest in Nearing's work and ideas began. Hundreds of anti-war believers flocked to Nearing's home in Maine to learn practical-living skills, some also to hear a master radical's anti-war message. The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or Viet Cong) against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and its allies — notably the United States military in support of... Today, the phrase back to the land movement usually refers to a North American social phenomenon of the 1960s and 1970s (which is discussed further, below in this article). ...

As he approached his first century, Nearing was hardworking and still in good health. An avowed vegetarian in his last years, on August 6, 1983, Scott Nearing celebrated his 100th birthday. A month or so before this he stated, "I think I won't eat any more." Soon after that, Scott's wife Helen began to give him just liquids, consisting of various fruit and vegetable juices. Then, about ten days before his death, he began to just drink water. For animals adapted to eat primarily plants, sometimes referred to as vegetarian animals, see Herbivore. ... August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Eighteen days after his 100th birthday, the celebrated radical, educator, conservationist and centenarian Scott Nearing passed away. Conservation may refer to the following: Conservation ethic in relation to preserving ecosystems Conservationist Conservation movement Conservation ecology Conservation biology Energy conservation in reducing non-renewable energy consumption Conservation law of physics Conservation of energy Conservation of mass Conservation (genetics) in genetics Conservation (botany) in botanical nomenclature Conservation (psychology) in... A centenarian is a person who has attained the age of 100 years or more. ...

Quotes

"War is an attempt of one group to impose its will upon another group by armed violence."

"War drags human beings from their tasks of building and improving, and pushes them en masse into the category of destroyers and killers."

"Your government is no longer mine."

Selected list of writings

• Anthracite; an instance of natural resource monopoly
• Black America (Sourcebooks in Negro History)
• Bolshevism and the West
• Building and Using Our Sun-Heated Greenhouse: Grow Vegetables All Year-Round
• Civilization and Beyond: Learning from History
• Continuing the Good Life: Half a Century of Homesteading
• Free Born
• Freedom, Promise and Menace
• The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living
• The Great Madness
• Living the Good Life: How to Live Sanely and Simply in a Troubled World
• The Making of a Radical: A Political Autobiography
• Man's Search for the Good Life
• The Maple Sugar Book: Pioneering As a Way of Living in the Twentieth Century
• The New Education
• Oil and the Germs of War
• The Trial of Scott Nearing and the American Socialist Society
• Whither China?

External link

• Works by Scott Nearing at Project Gutenberg
• Scott Nearing -- Peace Activist and Practical Conservationist Short Biography