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| areas with minimal human influence |
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| Naturalist Philosopher, 1800s |
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| Naturalist Philospher, 1800s (Walden) |
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| argued for forest protection “not because they are beautiful or because they shelter wild creatures of the wilderness, but only to provide homes and jobs for people” |
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early environmental activist strenuously opposed Pinchot’s policies, early 1900s.
lobbied to make national park system |
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| wrote A Sand County Almanac, made him such a famous conservationist. |
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| wrote Silent Spring that helped launch the environmental movement |
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| history of environmentalism in US |
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mid 1800s - naturalist philosophers, Nature has intrinsic aesthetic and spiritual values
Mid to late 1800s, early 1900s - Preservation of nature for future consumption
Mid to late 1800s, early 1900s - Preservation of nature for nature’s sake
By the mid 1900s, there was growing concern about health and ecological damage caused by pollution |
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Clean water act
Clean air act
Safe drinking water act
Endangered species act
Established EPA |
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| 1980s, Hypodermic needles and other toxic waste washing up on beaches in NY and NJ |
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| Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro |
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| 1992, Focus on Climate Change and Biological Diversity |
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1997, Nations pledged to reduce emissions
(US signed but did not ratify the protocol) |
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