| Birth Day | January 6, 1934 |
| Birth Place | Canada |
| Age | 86 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | May 12, 2011 (age 77) |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
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 apprenticed as a shipwright in the Portsmouth Dockyard for five years, beginning when he was fifteen years old.
He was an anti-capitalist, an anti-industrialist, and a passionate advocate of social justice.
He lived in Nova Scotia with his wife and collaborator, Helga Hoffmann-Orton.
He lost his teaching position at Sir George Williams University (now Concordia University) after writing a paper praising revolutionary Communist Che Guevara.
