Earthwatch Institute
In Depth : Gia
John Muir: Preserving the Forests in The West
Living Earth Article
Timeline of Sierre Club
Understanding Nature Conservancy Role in U.S Government
What We Believe-National Wildlife Federation
Wilderness Society : 50th Anniversary Edition History
WWF In Brief
Environmental Justice 101
Overview
We will:
- Create a model (s)
- Demonstrate principles ( prevention, precautionary, polluter-pays, intergration, etc )
- Be apart of simulations ( http://www.edinformatics.com/il/il_earth.htm )
- Watch Videos/Listen to Audio (https://www.eh-resources.org/podcast/ )
- Create Mindmaps to help organize & remember information (https://coggle.it)
Environmental Justice
Words To Know
environment: everything in natureliving or nonliving-including plants, animals, rocks, and water.
environmentalist: someone who works to preserve the environment.
Important Environmentalists
Covers important people who were strongly passionate about the environment..people who helped shape the environmental laws/rules of our country and world.
1.) Henry David Thoreau & John Muir
2.) Theodore Roosevelt
3.) Aldo Leopold
4.) Rachel Carson & James Lovelock
5.) Jacques-Yves Cousteau & Edward Abbey
Environmental Organizations
Sierre Club (United States environmental orgazation founded by John Muir.)
Wilderness Society (American non for profit land conservation organization that is dedicated to protecting natural lands.)
National Wildlife Federation ( United States' largest private, nonprofit conservation education and advocacy organization, with over six million members and supporters, and 51 state and territorial affiliated organizations. )
World Wide Fund For Nature (international non-governmental organization founded in 1961, working in the field of the wilderness preservation, and the reduction of human impact on the environment.)
Earthwatch Institue (international chariety engaging people worldwide in scientific field research and education, to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment.)
Nature Conservancy (charitable environmental organization whose mission is"conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.)
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The Modern Environmental Movement 1960-1990
Environmental Justice in America began in the 1960's. Beginning with the concerns of polluting of the Great Lakes, the Cuyahoga River was so polluted that it caught fire numerous times. In 1969, the California catastrphic oil spill in the Santa Barbara channel.
The movement in america is divided into three levels- local, national, and international.