environmental movement
Ecology advocacy campaign
The environmental movement is the broad effort to protect the natural world from pollution, habitat destruction, and climate change.
It encompasses activism, policy advocacy, and lifestyle changes aimed at preserving ecosystems and promoting sustainability.
The movement gained momentum in the 1960s and 1970s with concerns over pesticides, smog, and wilderness loss: She's been involved in the environmental movement since college.
Environmental awareness holiday
- documentaryFactual film about reality
- educationSystematic development of mind
- outreachProactive community assistance
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
An Inconvenient Truth · Silent Spring · Rachel Carson · public engagement · media campaign · nature documentary · David Attenborough · eco-consciousness
Public expression of disapproval
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
march · rally · petition · boycott · civil disobedience · direct action · lobbying · organizer
Maintaining something's condition
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- endangered speciesOrganisms facing extinction risk
- reforestationReplanting depleted woodlands
national parks · sanctuaries · ecosystems · natural resources · land trusts · watersheds · wetlands · biodiversity
Self-replenishing natural power
- solarOf the star
- windAir current outdoors
- geothermalRelating to underground heat
- hydroelectricGenerated by flowing water
composting · zero-waste · energy efficiency · carbon footprint · organic farming · permaculture · sustainable development · green building
Official rules governing conduct
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- EPAFederal environmental regulator
- Clean Air ActFederal pollution standards law
- Clean Water ActUS water pollution statute
Paris Agreement · Kyoto Protocol · carbon tax · emissions standards · zoning · cap-and-trade · treaty · mandate
Earth Day
Environmental awareness holiday
- documentaryFactual film about reality
- educationSystematic development of mind
- outreachProactive community assistance
consciousness · An Inconvenient Truth · Silent Spring · Rachel Carson · public engagement · media campaign · nature documentary · David Attenborough · eco-consciousness · Greta Thunberg
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
demonstration · march · rally · petition · boycott · civil disobedience · direct action · lobbying · organizer · sit-in
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- endangered speciesOrganisms facing extinction risk
reforestation · national parks · sanctuaries · ecosystems · natural resources · land trusts · watersheds · wetlands · biodiversity · conservancy
renewable energy
Self-replenishing natural power
- solarOf the star
- windAir current outdoors
- geothermalRelating to underground heat
hydroelectric · composting · zero-waste · energy efficiency · carbon footprint · organic farming · permaculture · sustainable development · green building · circular economy
regulation
Official rules governing conduct
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- EPAFederal environmental regulator
- Clean Air ActFederal pollution standards law
Clean Water Act · Paris Agreement · Kyoto Protocol · carbon tax · emissions standards · zoning · cap-and-trade · treaty · mandate · compliance
- resistanceresistance, defiance, resistance fighters, civil resistance, resist
- social movementswomen's liberation, abolition, feminism, disability rights, LGBT rights
- 1980s AmericaRonald Reagan, Reagan, Iran-Contra, Contras, Sandinistas
- Pacific NorthwestAlaska, Seattle, Oregon, Vancouver, Washington
- protestsprotest, demonstration, protest march, demonstrations, rallies
- California historystatehood, Spanish colonization, Spanish mission, gold rush, Sutter's Mill
environmental movementanti-environmentalism
Opposition to ecological protection
industrial expansion · fossil fuel industry · industrialism · ecocide · mining industry
environmental movementanti-environmentalism
Opposition to ecological protection
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