environmentalism

Wangari Maathai, an environmentalist from Kenya, becomes the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

The environmental protection NGO is founded in Vancouver, Canada.

The first “Earth Day” is celebrated in the US in 1970; by 1990 it is observed worldwide.

Demonstrating against hormone-treated beef, protesters destroy a McDonald’s restaurant in Millau, France.

The career of the word “ecology” takes off. The term will increasingly be used to describe all aspects of interaction between living creatures and their environment.