文魯彬是臺灣蠻野心足生態協會與博仲法律事務所的創始人，是台灣綠黨的共同召集人，曾為了取得臺灣國籍而放棄美國籍聲名大噪。

來源:

Taiwan What’s up? 國際生活環境電子報January 1-15, 2012 • No. 86

〉文魯彬對臺灣無所不知

文魯彬是臺灣蠻野心足生態協會與博
仲法律事務所的創始人，假使你要
他跨越人生中里程碑，回顧孩提時的願
望，你會得到這樣的回答：「這是一個很
好的問題，一個簡單的問題，為什麼我無
法簡單回答？」

在美國威斯康辛州與科羅拉多州長
大的他，用「進步」形容自己的家庭環
境，一直以來他知道自己的生活條件優於
他人，而懷著一絲絲罪惡感。

過去十幾年來， 文魯彬在蠻野心
足生態協會推動環保議題， 對抗政府
的「資源重新分配」，檢視大企業的作
為，因為它們常是環境污染的來源。文魯
彬終於在做自己認為對的事情，坦率的他
是台灣綠黨的共同召集人，曾為了取得臺
灣國籍而放棄美國籍聲名大噪。

文魯彬稱他的「蛻變」始於2 0 0 1
年，當他離開從1980年代即加入的齊麟
國際法律事務所時，之前在該事務所他專
攻商業法。一切都要回歸到「要多少才
夠」的重要性，尤其是在資源耗盡的速度
高於再生的時候，這是每個社會都該注意
的訊息。他表示，採取政治行動一直是影
響社會、經濟與環境議題的最佳途徑。 ■

【Taiwan Inside Out‧看遍臺灣】

Legal experience transforms
Robin Winkler into eco-activist,
writes Lydia Lin

Robin Winkler
knows Taiwan
inside out

Asking Robin Winkler, director of Wild
at Heart Legal Defense Association
Taiwan and founder of Winkler
Partners, to reach past the landmarks of
his life and remember his childhood aspirations
will yield the response: “That is a
good question ... such a simple question;
why can’t I answer it simply?”

With an upbringing in Wisconsin and
Colorado in what he described as a “progressive”
household, Winkler had been
plagued with a sense of guilt he was
unable to pinpoint, knowing in his heart
that he was more privileged than others.
The reason for his loss of words
may be that for over a decade, the outspoken
Green Party co-convener who
famously gave up his U.S. citizenship for
a Taiwanese one is finally doing what he
believes is right — throwing his time into
Wild at Heart, promoting environmental
issues, fighting against the government's
“reallocation of resources,” and censuring
big corporations who also happen to be
the biggest polluters.

Winkler calls this his “transformation,”
a process that occurred in 2001, when
he left the now defunct law firm Qi Lin
International after practicing commercial
law in Taiwan since the 1980s. It all boiled
down to the importance of “knowing how
much is enough,” as a message society
as a whole must heed, especially when
resources are being used up faster than
the speed at which they could be regenerated.

Political action, Winkler maintains, is
still the best way to shed light on social,
economic and environmental issues. ■

Robin Winkler, director of Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association Taiwan and founder of Winkler
Partners, believes that political action is the best way to shed light on social, economic and
environmental issues.