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Minamata Disease
It was a neurological syndrome which is cause big a large amount of mercury poisoning. Some of the symptoms included numbness in hands, muscle weakness, damage to hearing and speech. In extremely bad cases you could have instant paralysis, comas, and/or death. -
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
Written by Rachel Carson, this book discusses how we effect the environment when we use pesticides. -
The Club of Rome
This group was made for those who have a common concern for the future for humanity. They strive to make a difference in the world. Members of this group include notable scientists, economists, businessmen, high level civil servants and former heads of state from around the world. -
James Lovelock's Gaia Hypothesis
This was formulated by James Lovelock in the 1970's. It proposes that organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on Earth to form a synergistic self-regulating, complex system that helps to maintain and perpetuate the conditions for life on the planet. -
Stockholm Conference
This was to focus on how we as humans affect .the environment. They had a main concern to focus on facing environmental issues. The UN had 1346 ideas that supported the resolution. -
Bhopal Disaster
It was a gas leak that occurred in India. It was considered the worst industrial disaster. Over 500,000 people were exposed to toxic chemicals. There were 3,787 deaths were recorded and 558,125 recorded injuries -
Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
This was a bombing operation organized by the French foreign intelligence. Two operatives sank the flagship of the Greenpeace fleet called the Rainbow Warrior. The Rainbow Warrior was on its way to protest against the French planning to do nuclear testing in Moruroa. -
Chernobyl Disaster
Reactor 4 overheated causing it to explode. After exploding ,the debris went everywhere causing the spread of the toxic fumes. Everyone had to evacuate the area . For years the environment has not been the same. now the environment is slowly starting to go back to normal. -
Our common future
This looks at where multilateralism (the participation of 3 or more parties; particularly different governments) and independence of countries are looking for sustainable resources. It was made based off of what was said at the Stockholm Conference. -
Kyoto Climate Change Protocol
This says that State Parties commit to reducing greenhouse gas emission. Doing this would help reduces the man-made CO2 emissions and global warming. -
UN Earth (Rio) Summit
172 governments participated at this event. At this event they discussed the production of hazardous chemicals, alternate substitutes for fossil fuels, new reliance of public transportation to reduce CO2 emissions, and water supply/shortages. -
Agenda 21
It was a non-binding, voluntary action plan regarding sustainable development. It was made at the Earth Summit (UN Conference) in Rio de Juneiro during 1992 but wasn't published later until 1993. -
Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development
This was to discuss sustainable development and recap for the World Summit ten years before in Rio de Jeneiro. also a few new agreements were made, like about the restoring of the world's depleted fisheries for 2015. -
An Inconvenient Truth
Directed by David Guggenheim, this movie is about a former president's campaign to educate the citizen about global warming. It talks about incidents that occurred in his life and influences concerns for environmental issues. -
Copenhagen (COP-15)
Here they wanted to finalize the Kyoto Protocol and make a final international agreement on climate change. They wanted this to be in effect in 2014.
