environmentalists
Nature protection advocates
Environmentalists are people who advocate for protecting the natural world from pollution, habitat destruction, and climate change.
The term ranges from casual supporters of conservation to committed activists who chain themselves to trees or blockade pipelines.
Environmentalists pushed for stricter emissions standards.
Critics sometimes use the label dismissively to suggest impractical idealism.
Public expression of disapproval
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- rallyGathering for a cause
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
petition · boycott · grassroots · civil disobedience · direct action · lobbying · advocacy · movement
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- keystone speciesOutsized ecological impact organism
- nicheRecessed wall space
food web · symbiosis · endemic · succession · carrying capacity · invasive species · ecological footprint · Rachel Carson
Organism's natural environment
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
reforestation · ecosystems · sanctuary · wetlands · marine · rainforest · coral · species protection
Responsibility for care, protection
- protectionGuarding against harm
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- careAttentive regard for others
land management · future generations · intergenerational · trusteeship · caretaker · leave no trace · biocentric · land ethic
Capable of restoration
- organicFrom living matter
- zero-wasteNo garbage produced
- carbon-neutralNet-zero emissions state
- compostingDecomposing organic matter deliberately
permaculture · green living · solar · wind power · recycling · upcycling · circular economy · sustainable agriculture
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- rallyGathering for a cause
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
march · petition · boycott · grassroots · civil disobedience · direct action · lobbying · advocacy · movement · sit-in
ecosystem
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- keystone speciesOutsized ecological impact organism
niche · food web · symbiosis · endemic · succession · carrying capacity · invasive species · ecological footprint · Rachel Carson · biosphere
habitat
Organism's natural environment
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
wildlife · reforestation · ecosystems · sanctuary · wetlands · marine · rainforest · coral · species protection · national parks
custodianship
Responsibility for care, protection
- protectionGuarding against harm
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- responsibilityState of being answerable
care · land management · future generations · intergenerational · trusteeship · caretaker · leave no trace · biocentric · land ethic
renewable
Capable of restoration
- organicFrom living matter
- zero-wasteNo garbage produced
- carbon-neutralNet-zero emissions state
composting · permaculture · green living · solar · wind power · recycling · upcycling · circular economy · sustainable agriculture · fair trade
- reformersreformers, reformer, social reformers, social reformer, political reformer
- water advocatesconservationists
- notable peoplepoliticians, artists, leaders, writers, scientists
- eco-activistseco-warriors, eco-warrior, eco warriors, climate activists, tree hugger
- Leftistssocialists, communists, Marxists, anarcho-communists, democratic socialists
- Plant Scientistsbotanists, horticulturists, horticulturalists, plant breeders, paleobotanists
environmentalistsindustrialists
Owners of manufacturing enterprises
polluters · developers · corporate interests · big business · capitalists
environmentalistsexploiters
Those who abuse others
despoilers · poachers · whalers · trophy hunters · deforesters
environmentalistsclimate deniers
Those rejecting environmental science consensus