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This timeline of the history of environmentalism is a listing of events that have shaped humanity's perspective on the environment. This timeline includes human induced disasters, environmentalists that have had a positive influence, and environmental legislation .
Beginning as a conservation movement, the environmental movement in Australia was the first in the world to become a political movement. Australia is home to United Tasmania Group, the world's first green party. [89] [90] The environmental movement is represented by a wide range of groups sometimes called non-governmental organizations (NGOs ...
The time from roughly 15,000 to 5,000 BCE was a time of transition, and swift and extensive environmental change, as the planet was moving from an Ice age, towards an interstadial (warm period). Sea levels rose dramatically (and are continuing to do so ), land that was depressed by glaciers began lifting up again , forests and deserts expanded ...
She joined the environmental movement which around the 1970s was a primarily white, middle-class movement. Her name became popular around the nation as she inspired other start-up non-profits to fight legislation on their own toxic waste communities.
Environmental justice or eco-justice, is a social movement to address environmental injustice, which occurs when poor or marginalized communities are harmed by hazardous waste, resource extraction, and other land uses from which they do not benefit. [187] [188] The movement began in the United States in the 1980s.
Earth First was founded on April 4, 1980, [3] by Dave Foreman, Mike Roselle, Howie Wolke, Bart Koehler, and Ron Kezar. [2]During the group's early years (1980–1986), Earth First mixed publicity stunts (such as rolling a plastic "crack" down Glen Canyon Dam) with far-reaching wilderness proposals that reportedly surpassed the actions that mainstream environmental groups were willing to take ...
Closely related to ER, the environmental justice movement is also grassroots in practice and "importantly, a movement, which means that it starts and lives with the people". [ 67 ] Often, low-income and minority communities are located close to highways, garbage dumps, and factories, where they are exposed to greater pollution and environmental ...
This is a list of years in the environment. The subjects relate to environmental law , conservation , environmentalism and environmental issues . Some of the more notable events are listed here with a full list on the respective pages.