Environmentalism is the support of or involvement with the environmental movement by environmentalists. The environmental movement (sometimes inclusive of the conservation or green movements) is a diverse global social and political movement, which advocates for the protection, sustainable management and restoration of the natural environment in an effort to satisfy human needs, including spiritual and social needs, as well as for its own... Bold textHello ...

It is a social movement which seeks to influence the political process by lobbying, education, activism and setting an example in order to protect natural resources and ecosystems. Some of the issues of concern for the environmental movement are pollution, species extinction, waste reduction, recycling, the threat of global warming and ozone depletion, and genetically engineered crops. American Civil Rights Movement is one of the most famous social movements of the 20th century. ... Politics, sometimes defined as the art and science of government. ... In ecology, an ecosystem is a community of organisms (plant, animal and other living organisms - also referred as biocenose) together with their environment (or biotope), functioning as a unit. ... Water pollution Environmental pollution is the release of environmental contaminants. ... In biology, a species is the basic unit of biodiversity. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...   The international symbol for recycling. ... Global mean surface temperatures 1856 to 2005 Mean temperature anomalies during the period 1995 to 2004 with respect to the average temperatures from 1940 to 1980 Global warming is a term used to describe the recent observed increase in the average temperature of the Earths atmosphere and oceans. ... For other uses, see Ozone (disambiguation). ... An iconic image of genetic engineering; this 1986 autoluminograph of a glowing transgenic tobacco plant bearing the luciferase gene of the firefly strikingly demonstrates the power and potential of genetic manipulation. ...

Environmental organizations

See also List of environmental organizations and Category:Environmental organizations

Greenpeace is the most prominent international organization which lobbies on a wide range of environmental issues. Other international organizations such as World Wildlife Fund have specific areas of concern. Many countries have organizations that address general and specific environmenental issues at a local or national level. This is a list of environmental organizations, organizations that preserve, analyze or monitor the environment in different ways. ... Greenpeace is an international environmental organization founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1971. ... Note: After losing a court case in 2002 on the use of the initials WWF, the organization previously known as the World Wrestling Federation has rebranded itself as World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE. WWF - The Conservation Organization was formerly known as World Wildlife Fund and Worldwide Fund for Nature. ...

Critiques of environmentalism

Some (Michael Crichton article) see environmentalism as having many of the same characteristics as a Religion including a paradise, a fall from grace, a salvation, and a judgment day, among others. Some environmental groups have been accused of using sensationalist tactics and misinforming the public instead of deferring to scientific evidence. Environmentalists are also sometimes accused of advocating anti-globalization and anti-corporatization, idealism which some say is detrimental to achieving environmental objectives. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Anti-globalization (anti-globalisation) is a political stance of opposition to the perceived negative aspects of globalization. ...

Post-Environmentalism

Some environmentalists in 2004 started questioning whether “environmentalism” -- as it was conceived 40 years ago -- is still a useful moral, intellectual and political framework.

According to a controversial 2004 essay called “The Death of Environmentalism,” written by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus--two political strategists, American environmentalism has been remarkably successful in protecting the air, water and large stretches of wilderness in North America and Europe, but has stagnated as a vital force for cultural and political change.

They argued that the ecological crises the human species faces in the 21st Century are qualitatively different from the problems the environmental movement was created to address in the 1960s and ‘70s. Climate change and habitat destruction, they argue, are global, more complex, and demand far deeper transformations of the economy, the culture and political life.

The consequence of environmentalism’s outdated and arbitrary definition, they argue, is political irrelevancy: American environmentalism today finds itself not only losing ground on the great ecological crises of the day, it is increasingly unable to defend even the basic protections it won 30 and 40 years ago, which are under assault by a potent alliance of religious and economic fundamentalists backed in every way possible by the president of the United States.

Environmentalism in fiction

• Edward Abbey's The Monkey Wrench Gang.
• T.C. Boyle's A Friend of the Earth.
• Ernest Callenbach's Ecotopia, a story of a society founded on eco-awareness, alternative tech, social responsibility, and personal self-actualization.
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six.
• Michael Crichton's State of Fear
• Ben Elton's Stark
• Mandy Hagar's Run for the Trees, a children's book on native forest logging in New Zealand.
• Derek Hansen's Blockade, a story about the logging of Australian rainforest.
• Frank Herbert's Dune
• Carl Hiaasen's Sick Puppy and Skinny Dip.
• Richard Preston's The Cobra Event, a scientist attempts to release a deadly virus in order to reduce the world's population.
• Neal Stephenson's Zodiac.
• Dr. Seuss's The Lorax.
• David Brin's Earth.
• Jane Fonda's cartoon, Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
• Many anime movies by Hayao Miyazaki carry a hidden environmentalist message. The most well known is Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, but also well known is Princess Mononoke, which is, in fact, based on a conflict between technology and nature.

Edward Paul Abbey (January 29, 1927 - March 14, 1989) was an American author and essayist noted for his criticism of public land policies and advocacy of environmental issues. ... Dream Garden Press hardcover edition with a cover illustration by Robert Crumb The Monkey Wrench Gang is a novel written by American author Edward Abbey (1927-1989), published in 1975. ... T. Coraghessan Boyle (T.C. Boyle, born Thomas John Boyle on December 2, 1948) is a U.S. novelist and short story writer. ... T. Coraghessan Boyles novel A Friend of the Earth (2000) is a story of environmental destruction. ... Ernest Callenbach (born April 3, 1929) is an American writer. ... Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston is the title of a seminal book by Ernest Callenbach, published in 1975. ... Tom Clancy Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. ... Rainbow Six is a techno-thriller written by Tom Clancy. ... Michael Crichton John Michael Crichton (born October 23, 1942, pronounced /kɹaɪtən/ ) is an author, film producer and television producer. ... State of Fear is a 2004 novel by Michael Crichton published by HarperCollins on December 7, 2004. ... Ben Elton (born May 3, 1959) is an English comedian and writer. ... Stark is a novel written by Ben Elton. ... Mandy Hagar is a New Zealand childrens book author. ... // Basic characteristics There is some debate as to what constitutes childrens literature. ... A forest is an area with a high density of trees (or, historically, a wooded function as carbon dioxide sinks, animal habitats, hydrologic flow modulators, and soil conservers, constituting one of the most important aspects of the Earths biosphere. ... Loggers on break, c. ... Derek Hansen is a novelist and short story writer. ... Blockade is a novel written by Derek Hansen about logging in Australia. ... The Daintree Rainforest in Queensland, Australia. ... Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986) Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was a critically and commercially successful American science fiction author. ... Dune is a science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert and published in 1965. ... Photo of Carl Hiaasen by Robert Birnbaum Carl Hiaasen [pronounced hiya-sun] (born March 12, 1953) is an American journalist and novelist. ... Carl Hiaasens novel Sick Puppy (1999) is regarded by some to be perfect entertainment and food for thought. ... Skinny Dip is a novel written in 2004 by Carl Hiaasen. ... Richard Preston (b. ... Neal Stephenson Neal Town Stephenson (b. ... Zodiac (1988) is Neal Stephensons second novel, which tells the story of an environmentalist uncovering a conspiracy involving industrialist pollutors and bicameral minded Satanists in the Boston Harbor. ... Postage stamp honoring Dr. Seuss and depicting him along with several of his creations, such as The Cat in the Hat and (courtesy of the United States Postal Service) Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991), better known by his pen name, Dr. Seuss, was a famous American... Cover of The Lorax The Lorax is a childrens story written by Dr. Seuss and first published in 1971. ... A recent picture of David Brin. ... Book cover Earth is a 1990 science fiction novel written by David Brin. ... Jane Fonda Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, writer, producer, and political activist. ... A cartoon is any of several forms of art, with varied meanings that evolved from one to another. ... The logo showing Captain Planet and the Planeteers Captain Planet and the Planeteers was an animated television series created by Ted Turner and produced by Jane Fonda and Nicholas Boxer to promote environmentalism. ... // Atom, star of the long-running science fiction series Mighty Atom (also known as Astro Boy to Western audiences). ... // Portrait of animator Hayao Miyazaki. ... Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ Kaze no tani no Naushika) is a graphic novel (manga) and 1984 film by Japanese writer, illustrator, and filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. ... Princess Mononoke ( — Mononoke Hime) is a Japanese animated film by Hayao Miyazaki and was first released in Japan on July 12, 1997 and in the U.S. on October 29, 1999 in select cities and on November 26, 1999. ...

Environmentalism in nonfiction

• Let the Mountains Talk, Let the Rivers Run by David Brower
• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
• The War Against the Greens by David Helvarg (1994)
• A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
• Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough, Michael Braungart
• The Everglades: River of Grass by Marjory Stoneman Douglas
• Confessions of an Eco-Warrior by Dave Foreman
• Going Green: How to Communicate Your Company's Environmental Commitment by E. Bruce Harrison
• The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjørn Lomborg
• Ecodefense: A Guide to Monkeywrenching edited by Dave Foreman
• Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George Perkins Marsh (1865)
• Return of the Primitive (The philosophy of Privation) by Ayn Rand and Peter Schwartz
• From the Ground Up by Luke W. Cole & Sheila R. Foster
• "The Legacy of Luna"* by Julia Hill is about a tree sit done by the author that lasted for two years.

David Ross Brower (July 1, 1912 – November 5, 2000) was the founder of many environmentalist organizations including the Sierra Club Foundation, the John Muir Institute for Environmental Studies, Friends of the Earth (1969), the League of Conservation Voters, Earth Island Institute (1982), North Cascades Conservation Council, and Fate of the... Silent Spring was written by Rachel Carson and published in September, 1962. ... Carsons Government Photo (1940s) Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-born zoologist and marine biologist whose landmark book, Silent Spring, is often credited with having launched the global environmental movement. ... David Helvarg David Helvarg (born April 10, 1951) is an American journalist and environmental activist. ... Aldo Leopold (January 11, 1887 - April 21, 1948) was a United States ecologist, forester, and environmentalist. ... Aldo Leopold (January 11, 1887 - April 21, 1948) was a United States ecologist, forester, and environmentalist. ... William A. McDonough (1951, Tokyo, Japan - ) is an American architect whose career is focused on designing environmentally sustainable buildings and transforming industrial manufacturing processes, with the twin goals of eliminating pollution and increasing the profits of his clients. ... Marjory Stoneman Douglas (April 7, 1890 - May 14, 1998) was an eminent conservationist and writer. ... Confessions of an Eco-Warrior (ISBN 0-517-88058-X / ISBN 051788058X), is a book written by Dave Foreman, publisher Crown Publishing Group. ... Dave Foreman (born 1947) is a US environmentalist and co-founder of the radical environmental movement Earth First! The son of a US Air Force career officer, as a young man Foreman was influenced by the writings of Ayn Rand and supported the Vietnam War. ... The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World (Danish: Verdens Sande Tilstand) is a controversial book by political scientist Bjørn Lomborg, which argues that claims made about global warming, overpopulation, declining energy resources, deforestation, species loss, water shortages, and a variety of other global environmental issues are... Bjørn Lomborg Bjørn Lomborg (born January 6, 1965) is a Danish political scientist and former director of the Environmental Assessment Institute in Copenhagen. ... Ecodefense: The Ethics of Monkeywrenching is a book edited by Dave Foreman, published by Abbzug Press, Third Edition. ... Dave Foreman (born 1947) is a US environmentalist and co-founder of the radical environmental movement Earth First! The son of a US Air Force career officer, as a young man Foreman was influenced by the writings of Ayn Rand and supported the Vietnam War. ... George Perkins Marsh (March 15, 1801 – July 23, 1882), an American diplomat and philologist, he is considered by some to be Americas first environmentalist. ... Ayn Rand (IPA: , February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), born Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, was best known for developing the philosophy of Objectivism and for writing the novels We the Living, Anthem, The Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged. ... Julia Butterfly Hill with Luna This article is about Julia Hill. ... Tree sitting is a form of environmentalist civil disobedience in which a protester sits in a tree, usually on a small platform built for the purpose, to protect it from being cut down (speculating that loggers will not endanger human lives by cutting an occupied tree). ...

Environmentalism in music

Environmentalism has occasionally been the topic of song lyrics since the 1960s. See Environmental protest songs for a list of such songs. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... For information about protest songs in general, see Protest song. ...

See also

• Environmentalists
  • Category:Environmentalists
• Environmental movement
• Environmental planning
  • Free-market environmentalism
  • Radical environmentalism
• Carbon footprint
• Conservationist
  • Conservation movement
  • Conservation ethic
• List of environment topics
• Green politics
• Greenwash
• Natural environment
• Sustainability
• Timeline of environmental events

Bold textHello ... The environmental movement (sometimes inclusive of the conservation or green movements) is a diverse global social and political movement, which advocates for the protection, sustainable management and restoration of the natural environment in an effort to satisfy human needs, including spiritual and social needs, as well as for its own... Environmental planning is a relatively new field of study that aims to merge the practice of urban planning with the concerns of environmentalism. ... Free market environmentalism is an ideology that argues the free market is the best tool to preserve the health and sustainability of the environment. ... Some environmentalists take the position that traditional methods of social change like political lobbying, public awareness campaigns, and the like are insufficient for achieving necessary changes in the relationship between humans and the environment. ... Carbon footprint is a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide or CO2 emitted through the combustion of fossil fuels; in the case of an organization, business or enterprise, as part of their everyday operations; in the case of an individual or household, as part of their daily lives; or... Conservationists are those people who tend to more highly rank the wise use of the Earths resources and ecosystems. ... The Conservation movement seeks to protect plant and animal species as well as the habitats they live in from harmful human influences. ... Conservation can be confused with conversation and vice versa. ... This page aims to list articles related to the natural environment. ... Green politics is a body of political ideas informed by environmentalism aimed at developing a sustainable society. ... Greenwash (a portmanteau of green and whitewash) is a term that environmentalists and other critics give to the activity of giving a positive public image to putatively environmentally unsound practices. ... The Natural Environment comprises all living and non-living things that occur naturally on Earth. ... Sustainability is a systemic concept, relating to the continuity of economic, social, institutional and environmental aspects of human society. ... // Earlier Events See Timeline of evolution See Geologic time scale Pleistocene Younger Dryas stadial Holocene 10th millennium BC Circa 10,000 BC — North America: Dire Wolf, Smilodon, Giant beaver, Ground sloth, Mammoth, and American lion all become extinct. ...

References

• Helvarg, David, The War Against the Greens, (San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1994) ISBN 0871564599
• Shellenberger, M. and T. Nordhaus. 2004. The Death of Environmentalism.

External links

• A webpage detailing the environmental policies of President Bush
• An interview with authors of the controversial essay "The Death of Environmentalism"
• Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Environment
• MoveLeft Media's environmental articles
• ACTivist Magazine - a magazine for peace, ecology and human rights
• Eco-Eating: Eating as if the Earth Mattered
• Environmental Blogs
• The philosophy and economics of environmentalism
• A website for endangered wildlife and environmental issues
• Essays on environmental teachings of major religions
• Climate Change and its Environmental Impacts
• EcologyFund Save The Rainforest For Free
• The Rainforest Site
• Care2 - Save Wildlands for Free
• Industrial Workers of the World - the prominent environmentalist labor union
• EnviroInfo - Conference Series on Informatics for Environmental Protection
• Earth Healing - Daily reflections and essays on the environment and sustainable living
• Ecology, Environment, and Islam
• In thrall to the green god - 3 March 2006