Essay - Environmentalism Group History: Environmentalism is Defined as a Movement that...

Environmentalism Group

History:

***** is defined as a movement th*****t was begun to protect the quality of life, through the development of conservation of natural resources, prevention of pollution and control ***** l***** use. Historically the movement began in the US with ***** works of Thomas Jefferson, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Jefferson, attempted to include legislation in the framing of the constitution that encompassed some environmentalist ideals while Emerson and *****, through literature ***** to demonstrate transcendentalist ideals which *****d many ideals of environmentalism, such as the interconnectedness ***** nature and ***** need for change of common social thought of the era with regard ***** conservation and l***** *****.

Davies 229) The first environmentalist publication is often identified as Man & Nature published in 1864 and written by George Perkins Marsh. In this work it is often said ***** Marsh predicted many of modern ecological concerns.

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Organized environmentalism was begun ***** ***** inception of the conservationist movement at the close of the 19th century. The conservationist movement, among other things attempted to demand the setting aside of land for public uses and established national parks an forests as well as wild***** refuges and national monuments that ***** to preserve natural features. The most influential ***** conservationists, who remain a st*****ard of voice and application include President Theodore Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot, and John Muir, the founder of the Sierra Club.

Houston et al.) These and many ***** names of early conservationists as they were known can be seen throughout the early ***** and their words are frequently utilized today to confront resistance and persuade the public of the need for conservation and lifestyle ***** with regard ***** environmental issues. An excellent source dealing with the individuals ***** took part in this movement, accompanied by many of ***** signifi*****t deeds in favor ***** conservationism can be ***** in C. Stuart Houston's 1997 work, Biographical Dictionary of American ***** Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists Coeditors, Keir B. Sterling, Richard P. Harmond, ***** A. Cev*****co, and Lorne F. Hammond. There are many conservationist organizations that ***** during this period that are still active today including, the a*****ementioned Sierra Club as well ***** ***** National Parks and Conservation Association, the Audubon Soci*****y, the Izaak Walton League.

After ***** close of WWII the effects of wilderness encroachment created an invigorated ***** ***** effectively deterred the development of several public *****s that could have had extreme impacts upon the environment, one of these works that ***** effectively blocked was the *****ridge Canyon Dam, which if it ***** been completed would have backed up the Colorado River and let the waters flow into ***** Gr***** Canyon National Park. This era of conservationist ***** active throughout the 1950s and 60s ***** was successful in lobbying the federal government and other smaller municipalities in stopp*****g public works with unknown ***** assumed environmental risk.

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***** modern face of environmentalism was probably most profoundly effected by evidence and anecdotal observations of pollution ***** as that described