Original sentence: Calling himself "The Fox," he engaged in such activities as plugging smokestacks and entering the offices of corporate executives to dump sewage on their desks.The book was a collection of ideas that had been solicited by the group Environmental Action over the previous year in preparation for the publication of the book, for using sabotage, attention-grabbing stunts, and other creative ideas to promote their adgenda.The book was inspired by the actions of an individual who operated in the Chicago, Illinois area.The term ecotage has since passed into general use as a synonym for various direct action tactics (see: monkeywrenching and ecoterrorism.and the activities of those such as "The Fox" and the "Eco-Raiders," may have inspired Edward Abbey's 1975 novel The Monkey Wrench Gang and Dave Foreman's 1985 book Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching
Edited sentence: Although intended solely as humor, the book was nonetheless inspired by the actions of a real activist who operated in the Chicago, Illinois area.Calling himself "The Fox," he engaged in such activities as plugging smokestacks, and entering the offices of corporate executives to dump sewage on their desks.The book was a humorous collection of ideas, which had been solicited by the environmental group Environmental Action over the previous year in preparation for the publication of the book, for using sabotage, attention-grabbing stunts, and other creative ideas to defend the environment.The term ecotage has since passed into general use as a synonym for various environmental direct action tactics (see: monkeywrenching.and the activities of those such as "The Fox" and the "Eco-Raiders," were likely a major inspiration for Edward Abbey's 1975 novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, and for Dave Foreman's 1985 book Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching