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History of Environmental
Activism
Dr. Rey TyNorthern Illinois University
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1949
• Aldo Leopold’s essay “Land Ethic”
called for a new ethic in
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• Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was key in the birth of the environmental movement.
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1970s•Arne Naess’ ideas about “deep ecology.”
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1973•Arne Naess. (1973). The
Shallow & the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: A Summary.
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Arne Naess• “Earth does not belong to
humans.” (1973)
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1973•Arne Naess: Current levels of industrialization & use of Earth’s resources leads to environmental disaster.
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1973
•Arne Naess: To avoid this crisis, we must
use alternative means of energy & goods
production that does not use up the Earth’s
resources unnecessarily.
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1970s• Environ-mentalism became a political force.
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1970s•Rise of the green
movement
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Topics•End of cheap oil•Climate change
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1981•Vandana Shiva
• Eco-feminism
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1981
• Social Economic & Ecological Impact of Social Forestry in Kolar, Vandana Shiva, H.C. Sharatchandra, J. Banyopadhyay,Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
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1983• Arne Naess.
(1983). Ecology, Community, & Lifestyle: Outline of an Ecosophy.
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1992•First Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Reference:•The Politics Book. London. DK. (2013).
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History of Environmental
Activism
Dr. Rey Ty
Northern Illinois University
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