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Environmentalism should not be a religion.
The single most original and successful social movement of the late twentieth century was environmentalism. It arose seemingly out of nowhere, yet immediately grew into a huge majority. It swept in new legislation that effected stunning gains in air quality, water purity, and the return of forests and wildlife. During the same period, three rather large mistakes were made by enthusiasts who went too far.
First, environmentalism was cast as a new religion, an exaltation of innocent nature. Some Greens scarcely acknowledged that nature sometimes works against the well-being of humans. Through volcanic eruptions and many other natural activities, for example, nature ...
- Saving the creation: Christian environmentalism in the United States.
- Magazine article from: Sociology of Religion Kearns, Laurel March 22, 1996 700+ words
...in the 1970s, it was against the backdrop of the anti-environmentalism of the Reagan administration that church and religious organizational...organizational proponents of Christian eco-theology in the United States. Using the language of each "group," these three models...
- Green passion and greenbacks: the USGBC combines environmentalism with good...
- Magazine article from: Masonry Construction Yelton, Rick March 1, 2005 700+ words
There was a definite buzz at the Portland (Ore.) Convention Center. For the 2000 environmental faithful gathered in the room, it was the moment they had been waiting for. Most lingered in the outer hall sharing a healthy breakfast of organic food. As they waited for the opening plenary session to
- Disestablishing environmentalism.
- Magazine article from: Environmental Law Morriss, Andrew P. Cramer, Benjamin D. March 22, 2009 700+ words
...faiths that made the United States rank consistently...disestablishment of Environmentalism can also produce...mere suggestion that environmentalism is a religion will...dear. Although the United States Supreme Court's...debate over whether Environmentalism is formally a ...
- Civic environmentalism. (solving environmental issues through informal local...
- Magazine article from: Issues in Science and Technology John, Dewitt June 22, 1994 700+ words
...strategy. Rational environmentalism can work in some situations...country such as the United States, the most useful function of rational environmentalism is to provide an analytical...little action. The United States is also home to a vigorous...
- New Books from Hoover Fellows: ``Free Market Environmentalism'' Revised Edition...
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 22, 2001 700+ words
...Leal championed a new concept in environmentalism. The original edition of "Free Market Environmentalism" published in 1991 paired what had...to become the 31st president of the United States, is an interdisciplinary research...
- Environmentalism: A Global History.
- Magazine article from: Journal of World History Satya, Laxman D. September 22, 2002 700+ words
...the rise of modern environmentalism is a direct response...foregone. In the United States, Europe, and Europe...argues that ideas of environmentalism failed to influence...took place in the United States and then spread to...radical American environmentalism." Movements like...
- Justice and the Environment: Conceptions of Environmental Sustainability and...
- Magazine article from: American Political Science Review Dryzek, John S. March 1, 2000 700+ words
...connections between justice and environmentalism are often a lot more complex...promote a "fourth wave" of environmentalism in the United States, whose emergence is dated...action, human welfare environmentalism and wilderness preservation...
- Is environmentalism dead?
- Magazine article from: Environmental Law Stone, Christopher D. January 1, 2008 700+ words
...paper has pronounced environmentalism dead. (1) The...failure to get the United States to move forward on...malady. They cite environmentalism for trafficking in...is certainly not environmentalism's only vital sign...negative side, the United States' total carbon dioxide...
Source: HighBeam Research, Environmentalism should not be a religion.