green revolution

Environmental movement surge

A green revolution is any major shift toward environmentally sustainable practices—renewable energy, reduced emissions, ecological awareness: The company underwent its own green revolution, eliminating single-use plastics.

The phrase implies sweeping, transformative change in how societies or organizations approach environmental issues. (Capitalized Green Revolution refers to the agricultural transformation of the mid-20th century.)

environmental movement

renewable energy

Self-replenishing natural power

clean energy · carbon footprint · climate action · sustainable practices · environmental reform

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agricultural modernization

green revolutiontraditional agriculture

Pre-industrial food production methods

subsistence farming · peasant farming · organic farming · agroecology · permaculture

environmental impact

green revolutionsustainable agriculture

Farming preserving long-term productivity

natural farming · organic farming · ecological restoration · agroecology · rewilding

developmental paradigm

green revolutiondegrowth

Intentional economic contraction movement

localism · anti-globalization · industrial expansion

Family

green, revolution, greens, greenhouse, disagreeing, greenery, greenish, greenness, evergreen

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