[1][2] Roselle is one of the co-founders of the radical environmental organization Earth First!, as well as of Rainforest Action Network, the Ruckus Society, and Climate Ground Zero.
[3][4][5] Roselle grew up in Louisville, Kentucky and moved to Los Angeles, California as a child in 1968.
was founded in 1980 by Mike Roselle, Dave Foreman, Howie Wolke, Bart Koehler, and Ron Kezar.
[6] Rainforest Action Network was founded in San Francisco in 1985 by Roselle and Randy Hayes.
"[8] He participated the Washington A16, 2000 protest, alongside environmental activist Julia Butterfly Hill and United Steelworkers of America president George Becker.