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Early Environmentalists/Conservationist

s• Henry David Thoreau (Walden Pond)• Abraham Lincoln• Theodore Roosevelt• John Muir (co-founder of the Sierra Club)• Others?

History of the Modern Environmental Movement

• (Inaugural) Earth Day: Wednesday, April 22, 1970• EPA opened on December 2, 1970: www.epa.gov • Why 1970?– Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (1962): an attack on

agricultural chemicals/pesticides– President Lyndon Johnson’s addresses to Congress in 1964

and 1965– President Nixon’s 1969 and 1970 environmental reforms– NEPA passed by Congress in 1969: EISs, Council on

Environmental Quality, etc.– 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill

Two Conservation Movements

• Utilitarian– Gifford Pinchot– Scientific management of natural resources; greatest

good for the most in the long run– USFS, TVA, Bureau of Reclamation

• Preservationist– John Muir– Nature to be enjoyed, not managed for production– National Parks system, Sierra Club, Wilderness Society

Environmental Groups

• Hundreds of them– Are they all the same? – Are they always in agreement?

• General environmental advocacy– NRDC: www.nrdc.org, Greenpeace:

www.greenpeace.org/usa

• Targeted advocacy– E.g. wildlife: www.wildlifeincrisis.com, streams:

www.iwla.org, air: www.cleanairadvocacy.org

Free-Market Environmentalism

• About: – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-

market_environmentalism – http://www.commonsblog.org/

about_freemkt.php

• Groups:– Property & Environmental Research Center:

http://www.perc.org/ – Thoreau Institute: http://www.ti.org/faqs.html

Key Terms• Conservation movement: A political and social movement that originated in the late 1800s/early

1900s and that aims to protect and preserve natural resources, open spaces, and plant and animal species and habitats.

• Earth Day: Day designed to enhance awareness and appreciation for Earth and the environment. The first Earth Day celebration was held on April 22, 1970.

• Ecology: The study of the relationships of living organisms to their environments. As a concept,

ecology places higher value on biology and aesthetics than on efficiency and commerce. • • Environmentalism: A political and social movement centered on a concern for protection and

improvement of the environment. • • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): US federal agency that is responsible for administering

programs to protect human health and the environment. • • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): Law enacted in 1969 that requires all federal agencies

planning projects that significantly impact the environment to submit reports accounting for the likely consequences of the projects.

Key Terms (cont.)

• Ecology: The study of the relationships of living organisms to their environments. As a concept, ecology places higher value on biology and aesthetics than on efficiency and commerce.

• Environmentalism: A political and social movement centered on a concern for protection and improvement of the environment.

Key Terms (cont.)

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): US federal agency that is responsible for administering programs to protect human health and the environment.

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): Law enacted in 1969 that requires all federal agencies planning projects that significantly impact the environment to submit reports accounting for the likely consequences of the projects.

Unit 3 To-Do List

• Seminar (or alternate assignment)• Discussion Board• Watch video• Take quiz• Complete Strengths Assessment• Nail down topic for Final Project• Have a great week!!!