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The Evolution of Environmental Movements


A Brief History of Environmentalism - Greenpeace International

Ecological awareness first appears in the human record at least 5,000 years ago. Vedic sages praised the wild forests in their hymns, Taoists ...

The Modern Environmental Movement | American Experience - PBS

The first national observation of Earth Day took place on April 22, 1970, when an estimated 20 million people across the country took to the streets in protest.

I. Origins of the Environmental Movement - Michigan in the World

The environmental movement condemned the idea of competition between humans and nature, and the exploitation of natural resources, that they blamed on the ...

The Evolution of Environmental Movements: Responding to ...

From the 1960s, increasing levels of pollution and cases of social issues associated with environmental degradation gave rise to the modern conservation ...

Environmentalism - Conservation, Activism, Sustainability | Britannica

The contemporary environmental movement arose primarily from concerns in the late 19th century about the protection of the countryside in Europe and the ...

The Modern Environmental Movement: How Did We Get Here

By 1990, 76% of Americans say they are environmentalists - a remarkable paradigm shift from just a few decades prior. Then, the course of the ...

Environmental movement - Wikipedia

The environmental movement (sometimes referred to as the ecology movement) is a social movement that aims to protect the natural world from harmful ...

The Environmental Justice Movement - NRDC

The story of how the environmental justice movement became a national one can generally be traced back to Warren County, North Carolina. In the ...

Earth Day, the Largest Environmental Movement in History

One year after an estimated three million gallons of oil spilled off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, environmental activists, political leaders and ...

A Fierce Green Fire | Timeline of Environmental Movement and History

The timeline includes important early writing, the first conservation groups, disasters, legislation, community and non-profit activism, and more.

History of the Environmental Movement - Glen Canyon Institute

The Sierra Club fought and stopped a proposal to dam the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument as part of the Colorado River Storage Project in the early ...

Milestones in US EPA and Environmental History

Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring,' a critical look at pollution in the United States, jump-starts the environmental movement. Carson, a ...

How the largest environmental movement in history was born - BBC

On 22 April 1970, 20 million people took to the streets across the United States to protest environmental destruction. The nation had recently ...

The Modern Environmental Movement | Wisconsin Historical Society

The environmental movement's emphasis on the preservation of specific resources in a more natural environment led to the creation of the National Wilderness ...

How Grassroots Environmental Activism Has Changed the Course ...

Grassroots activism starts locally and unites people virtually anywhere to create change on a regional, national, or global scale.

Development of the environmental movement - Lenntech

According to this theory, environment and economy should develop simultaneously, causing a decrease in economic pressure on the environment. Contrary to the ...

Environmental Justice History | Department of Energy

This isolated protesting all changed in the early 1980's and the environmental justice movement became a national social and racial protest that galvanized ...

The U.S. Environmental Movement's Long History of Exclusion

In recent years, scholars, journalists, and activists have drawn attention to the sexist, racist, classist, and homophobic attitudes that ...

The 20th Century Environmental Movement in the US - TheCollector

The environmental movement emerged in the 1960s. The movement called for a new dialogue about how the Earth should be treated.

Environmental Justice Timeline | US EPA

The environmental justice movement was started by individuals, primarily people of color, who sought to address the inequity of environmental ...