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Unit 1: Lecture 1
History of environmentalism
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| environmentalism | the social movement concerned with the protection and conservation of the global environment |
| biosphere | the regions of the lithosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms. |
| conservation | seeks to reduce the human impact on natural resources either to preserve resources or prevent a total loss of resources |
| utilitarian conservation | argues that resources should be conserved and protected due to their significance to human survival and use |
| biocentric conservation (preservation) | argues that resources (particularly living ones) should be conserved and protected due to their “fundamental right for existence” |
| Henry David Thoreau | (1817 – 1862)Self-styled scientist and naturalist who sought to increase public visibility of nature through writing; influenced numerous conservationists including John Muir |
| John Muir | (1838 – 1914) eminent nature writer and strong advocator of National Parks and preservation spaces; founded the Sierra Club to build political force for the conservation movement and protect wild spaces |
| Sierra Club | founded in 1892, an American organization that promotes environmental conservation; 1st president was John Muir |
| Theodore Roosevelt | (1858 – 1919) The “Conservation President”, used most of his political power to establish conservation spaces and governing bodies |
| Gifford Pinchot | (1865 – 1946)First affective manager of national forests with the aim to conserve resources for later use, rather than to simply preserve them and prevent their use |
| Aldo Leopold | (1887 – 1948) Worked as a game-manager for most of his life and published writings on the ethical use of natural resources; became the figurehead for resource stewardship and land ethics |
| Rachel Carson | (1907 – 1964) Carson acted as chief of publications at the US Fish and Wildlife Service in the 1930s-40s; published books on the harmful effects of chemical overuse in both aquatic and terrestrial environments |
| Jacques-Yves Cousteau | (1910 – 1997) Not the first underwater explorer or marine researcher but the first to give true visibility to marine life outside of harvest |
| Chipko Movement | “Chipko Andolan” movement began in the 1973 in India. Non-violent women-led protests of deforestation that threated villages and farms; true beginning of the “tree-hugger” movement because women would hug the trees to protect them |
| Greenpeace | founded in Canada 1971, The organization began a crusade with the goal to raise awareness and put an end to biological resource harvest using the “mind bomb” with shocking images and video in media |
| Chico Mendes | (1944 – 1988) Brazilian environmentalist who sought to preserve the Amazon rainforest and prevent its destruction by the logging and farming industries; fought for indigenous rights & brought visibility to the clear-cutting |
| Wangari Maathai | (1940–2011)Founded the Green Belt Movement in Africa that planted over 30 million trees, provided jobs and secured local and sustainable firewood; 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for efforts in conservation and fight for the rights of the politically oppressed |
| Al Gore | (1948 – now) has been a long time environmental activist and writer, but became more prominent after 2001, essentially started the climate-change documentary movement with An Inconvenient Truth; received the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize |
| Greta Thunberg | (2003 – now) Started the School Strike for Climate and galvanized the youth movement |
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