Environmentalism

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Environmentalism is the support or involvement with the environmental movement by environmentalists.

It is a social movement which seeks to influence the political process by lobbying, education and activism in order to protect natural resources and ecosystems. Some of the issues of concern for the environmental movement are pollution, species extinction, waste reduction, recycling, and genetically engineered foods. Environmentalists are occasionally satirically referred to as tree huggers. Environmentalism is symbolically associated with the colour green.

Contents 1 Environmentalism in fiction 2 Environmentalism in nonfiction 3 Environmentalism in music 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

Environmentalism in fiction

• Edward Abbey's The Monkey Wrench Gang.
• T.C. Boyle's A Friend of the Earth.
• Ernest Callenbach's Ecotopia. Story of a society founded on eco-awareness, alternative tech, social responsibility, and personal self-actualization.
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six.
• Michael Crichton's State of Fear
• Ben Elton's Stark
• Mandy Hagar's Run for the Trees A children's book on native forest logging in New Zealand.
• Derek Hansen's Blockade. A story about the logging of Australian rainforest.
• Frank Herbert's Dune
• Carl Hiaasen's Sick Puppy and Skinny Dip.
• Richard Preston's The Cobra Event. A scientist attempts to release a deadly virus in order to reduce the world's population.
• Neal Stephenson's Zodiac.
• Dr. Seuss's The Lorax.
• David Brin's Earth.

Environmentalism in nonfiction

• Let the Mountains Talk, Let the Rivers Run by David Brower
• Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
• The War Against the Greens by David Helvarg (1994)
• A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
• Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough, Michael Braungart
• The Everglades: River of Grass by Marjory Stoneman Douglas
• Confessions of an Eco-Warrior by Dave Foreman
• Going Green: How to Communicate Your Company's Environmental Commitment by E. Bruce Harrison
• The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg
• Ecodefense: A Guide to Monkywrenching edited by Dave Foreman

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

• Environmentalists
  • List of environmentalists
• Environmental movement
  • Free-market environmentalism
  • Radical environmentalism
• Conservationist
  • Conservation movement
  • Conservation ethic
• List of environment topics
  • Ecology movement
• Green politics
  • Worldwide Green Parties
• United States environmental law
• Environmental journalism

References

• Helvarg, David, The War Against the Greens, (San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1994) ISBN 0871564599
• Shellenberger, M. and T. Nordhaus. 2004. The Death of Environmentalism.

External links

• A webpage detailing the environmental policies of President Bush
• Full text of article and subsequent debate)
• Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Environment
• MoveLeft Media's environmental articles
• ACTivist Magazine - a magazine for peace, ecology and human rights
• The philosophy and economics of environmentalism
• A website for endangered wildlife and environmental issues
• Essays on environmental teachings of major religions
• Environment and Ecology - an Islamic perspective