Development of the modern environmental movement

By Allison Serriteno

  • Minamata

    Slides

  • Silent Spring

    Slides

  • Love Canal

    Trinity Sparke The toxic waste disaster in Love Canal, New York, raised public awareness about the dangers of chemical waste and led to the establishment of the Superfund program for hazardous waste cleanup.

  • Save the Whales

    Trinity Sparke. This campaign brought attention to the threatened extinction of whales, leading to a global ban on commercial whaling and increased marine Conservation efforts. Despite these efforts, a few countries continue to ignore the plight of whales

  • Bhopal Disaster

    Slides

  • Chernobyl disaster

    Slides

  • Julia Butterfly Hill Deforestation Protest

    Slides

  • Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru

    Textbook

  • An Inconvenient Truth

    Slides

  • Fukushima nuclear accident

    Slides

  • Harambe Incident

    Textbook

  • Greta Thunberg

    Textbook

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