Dennis
Weaver's autobiography, All The World's A Stage, recalled his colorful
career that begun with his roles in the hit television shows, Gunsmoke
in the 50s and 60s and McCloud in the 70s, through Hollywood movies, two
country albums and his social and environmental activism. An outspoken environmentalist
for most of his life, Dennis Weaver strove to walk his talk. He had been a vegetarian
and yoga and meditation student since the 1960s, and in the 1970s, Dennis Weaver
and his wife built an environmentally sustainable house out of recycled aluminum
cans and rubber tires, which they called The Earthship. He lived there the rest
of his life. In 1981, Dennis Weaver and other celebrities started an organization
called L.I.F.E. - Love Is Feeding Everyone, which today supports 200 agencies
that feed 150,000 people each week. Twelve years later he founded the Institute
for Ecolonomics, which promotes creating a sustainable future by building a healthy
economy based on strong ecological values.
