He worked as a journalist, editor, and freelance correspondent for Winnipeg Free Press,[1] the Province in Vancouver and other publications.
In 1971 he joined the crew member of the Greenpeace boat sailing to protest against U.S. army nuclear bomb test near Amchitka island.
[2] He recognized the importance of a media campaign as a tool to gain support for environmental issues.
He left his post when Greenpeace changed focus from nuclear weapons to fighting against whaling and seal hunting.
A man of some importance : the life of Roderick Langmere Haig-Brown Published by James W. Wood, Vancouver.