econut

econut

(ˈiːkəʊˌnʌt)
n
(Environmental Science) censorious an environmentalist
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But the book isn't a blinkered econut's dream--it forensically explains both the benefits and limitations of each technology in turn.
She commended Lang's description of environmentalists as "econuts" and "enemies of civilisation".
In the late 1980s and early 1990s the situation was so conflictual that Laurie Adkin (1992a: 145), identifying the uncompromisingly aggressive stance taken by members of both sides, claimed that "fixed stereotypes of both subject positions have developed, with environmentalists depicting workers as lumpen mercenaries, and workers depicting environmentalists as econuts." At that time many prominent environmentalists argued that a fundamental opposition between workers and environmentalists existed (see Bahro, 1984; Bookchin, 1980; 1987: Foreman, 1991; Watson, 1994).