Development of the environmental movement

  • Conservation Movement

    Conservation Movement

    John Muir
    In the US, a huge rapid of numbers dropped in the natural resources in industrialization
    Textbook/slides
  • Yellowstone

    Yellowstone

    PBS
    US’ first national park, open to the public to protect the natural features, and for the enjoyment of others
  • Minamata

    Minamata

    Britanica
    First started in Japan , an illness caused by dumping mercury-laden wastewater into miamata bay, for many years. Moving towards the food chain
  • Silent Spring

    Silent Spring

    Rachel Carson
    Textbook
    Pesticides (DDT) on the environment and human health
  • Cuyahoga River Fire

    Cuyahoga River Fire

    Catalyst
  • Earth Day

    Earth Day

    PBS
    Promoting environmental awareness
  • Big Yellow Taxi

    Big Yellow Taxi

    Joni Mitchell
    environmental anthem
    Slides
  • Bhopal

    Bhopal

    Amnesty International
    gas leak from pesticide plant in India
  • Chernobyl

    Chernobyl

    World Nuclear Association
    Nuclear power plant
  • An Inconvenient Truth

    An Inconvenient Truth

    AI Gore explains how humans have effected the earth, and what ,must be done to save the earth
    Britanica
  • Fukushima

    Fukushima

    Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz
    Nuclear disaster- 9.0 earthquake
  • Harambe incident

    Harambe incident

    Cincinnati Zoo
    Killing of a gorilla named Harambe. As Harambe was trying to save a child