"'Wilderness' and the Multiple layers of Environmental Thought"
‘Wilderness’ has become a widely used term in environmentalist discussion as a symbol for caring about nature. Haila delves into the historical background of the term.
‘Wilderness’ has become a widely used term in environmentalist discussion as a symbol for caring about nature. Haila delves into the historical background of the term.
This book links the environmental movement that emerged in the United States during the 1960s to earlier progressive movements and considers the importance of race, ethnicity, class, and gender issues for the history and evolution of environmentalism.
An interview with Joachim Radkau, professor of history at the University of Bielefeld in Germany and author of Nature and Power: A Global History of the Environment..
First published in 1933, The People’s Forests makes a passionate case for the public ownership and management of the nation’s forests in the face of generations of devastating practices.
In Driven Wild, Paul Sutter traces the intellectual and cultural roots of the modern wilderness movement from about 1910 through the 1930s, with tightly drawn portraits of four Wilderness Society founders—Aldo Leopold, Robert Sterling Yard, Benton MacKaye, and Bob Marshall. Each man brought a different background and perspective to the advocacy for wilderness preservation, yet each was spurred by a fear of what growing numbers of automobiles, aggressive road building, and the meteoric increase in Americans turning to nature for their leisure would do to the country’s wild places.
In this inaugural issue of its journal, the radical environmentalist group Earth First! announces its principles and platform.
This issue of Earth First! includes articles on RARE II (Roadless Area Review and Evaluations) and the US Forest Service’s alleged plans to develop protected wilderness areas.
This issue of the rebooted journal features reports on direct action campaigns in the United States and the United Kingdom, criticisms of President Clinton’s Forest Plan, and more.
Earth First! 28, no. 5 looks at topics such as the legacies of race and colonialism, strategies for disrupting the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, and the shortcomings of “green” capitalism.
Wild Earth 1, no. 1, with the theme “Ecological Foundations for Big Wilderness,” discusses ecosystem restoration in Florida, corridors in the Klamath Mountains, and a Yellowstone ecosystem Marshall Plan.