David Brower, a former Executive Director of the Sierra Club, founds the environmental network “Friends of the Earth” to promote solutions for environmentally sustainable and socially just societies.
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The 1986 Chernobyl disaster is the worst nuclear accident in history. It has become a symbol for the potential dangers of nuclear energy.
The oil production and related infrastructural developments severely disrupt the natural equilibrium of this West African ecosystem.
Commissioned by the Club of Rome and published in 1972, the report warned that unchanged population growth and resource consumption would dramatically worsen the conditions for humanity in the near future.
The 1987 UN report charts a sustainable development path.
The Nobel Peace Prize goes to former US Vice President Al Gore and the IPCC for their efforts to communicate the dangers of climate change.
Economist and Nobel Prize winner Robert Solow argues for substitutability of resources.
The United States Green Building Council becomes the world’s first association for sustainable architecture.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay are the first to ascend Mount Everest in Nepal.
The Business Council for Sustainable Development promotes sustainable development among businesses.