ENVIRONMENTALISM

Environmentalism advocates the preservation, restoration, or improvement of the natural environment; especially regarding the control of industrial and other pollution. Other issues of concern may also include species extinction and preservation of biodiversity, responsible waste management, recycling, the threat of global climate change, ozone depletion, and genetically engineered organisms.

Environmentalists, or members of the environmental movement, view environment rather than heredity as the important factor in the development (especially cultural and intellectual) of an individual or group. This movement is distinct from Environmental Justice.

Environmental organizations

Environmental organizations can be global, regional, national or local; they can be government-run or private (NGO).

See also List of environmental organizations, Category:Environmental organizations and Category:American environmentalists.

Environmentalism in non-fiction

• The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists - Michael Brower and Warren Leon (1999)
• Silent Spring - Rachel Carson (1962)
• The Everglades: River of Grass - Marjory Stoneman Douglas
• A Sand County Almanac - Aldo Leopold
• The Skeptical Environmentalist - Bjørn Lomborg
• Man and Nature - George Perkins Marsh (1864)
• Return of the Primitive (The philosophy of Privation) - Ayn Rand and Peter Schwartz
• Walden - Henry David Thoreau

Environmentalism in fiction

• Edward Abbey's The Monkey Wrench Gang.
• Michael Crichton's State of Fear
• Many anime movies by Hayao Miyazaki carry a hidden environmentalist message. The best-known is Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, but also well known is Princess Mononoke, which is, in fact, based on a conflict between technology and nature.
• Dr. Seuss's The Lorax.

Environmentalism in music

Environmentalism has occasionally been the topic of song lyrics since the 1960s. See Environmental protest songs for a list of such songs.

See also

• Environmental movement
• Conservation movement
• Sustainability

• The Next Green Revolution article in Wired Magazine
• Forum Discussing the Environment.
• Environmental News Network - News, commentary, and information about how we live on earth.
• Cure Cafe - Cure Cafe facilitates and enables discussion with an aim to develop a deeper collective awareness about sustainability and sustainable development.
• EnviroLink Network - A non-profit clearinghouse of environmental news and information
• Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Environment
• Essays on environmental teachings of major religions
• 1PieceAtATime - cleaning up our bays, harbors and oceans 1PieceAtATime
• EcologyFund.com - click to save the rainforest and wildlands for free
• TreeHugger.com - One of the most popular environmental blogs on the Internet.