Human Beings and Nature — Flashcards

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The environmental movement is also called the ecological movement. It is a scientific, social, and political movement for conserving nature, natural resources, and green policies to address environmen…

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It includes many groups such as citizens, scientists, politicians, NGOs, religious devotees, industrialists, and forest departments. Their beliefs, interests, and methods are different, so the movemen…

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The National Park Service was founded by US President Woodrow Wilson in 1916. It became an important step toward professional management of natural resources.

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The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970. It helped create awareness about environmental protection and became a major public event for the environment movement.

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Gaylord Nelson, a Wisconsin senator, started Earth Day after seeing the Santa Barbara oil spill of 1969. The event increased concern about environmental damage.

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Green Peace was created in 1971 because political advocacy and legislation were believed to be ineffective or inefficient solutions for solving environmental problems.

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The conference was held in Stockholm in 1972. It led to the creation of governmental environment agencies and the UN Environment Programme.

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Deep Ecology emerged in 1973 and teaches that nature has value independent of human use. It supports a radical restructuring of human society in harmony with the natural world.