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Apr 28, 2026
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Conservatives Love Nature Too: Benji Backer Tells Us Why Nature is Nonpartisan
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Benji Backer
(Founder and CEO, Nature is Nonpartisan, guest)
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Executive Summary
The speaker argues for a non-partisan, culturally relevant environmental movement to overcome extreme political polarization, drawing inspiration from the broad-based support for conservation in the 1970s.
Despite a deeply cynical view of Washington D.C.
politics, the speaker points to recent major bipartisan legislative successes in national park investment and sustainable agriculture as proof that progress is possible.
The organization 'Nature is Nonpartisan' aims to build a broad coalition by making environmental advocacy accessible and engaging, using modern media and creative campaigns to bridge ideological divides.
The discussion explores the necessity of pragmatic compromise, even with challenging political figures, while remaining vigilant against 'greenwashing' and bad-faith arguments that undermine true environmental stewardship.
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