Environmental Values Systems (1.1)
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Notes:EVS NOTESOVERVIEW OF HISTORICAL EVENTS PPT |
Environmental Values Systems
Ecocentrism
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Part of the EVS continumum
Ecocentric
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Technocentric
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Timeline of Historical Events
Over the decades, the environmental movement has shifted and changed. Key players from individuals to businesses to non-profits to governments all affect the outcome and workings shaping the environmental movement worldwide. Some of these started as disasters leading to good healthy change, others started as policy that have positives and negative effects over the years. You will find a timeline and links to various events below. In the section below that you will find a few of these detailed out.
Green Revolution (1940)
What Happened?
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Significance to Environmental Movement
Justification of EVS
Impact on Future Events/ Policies/ Technology: Downsides we are now paying the price for:
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Briney, A. (2018, April 16). Thought Co. All You Wanted to Know About the Green Revolution. Retrieved August 23, 2018, from https://www.thoughtco.com/green-revolution-overview-1434948
Mills, R. (n.d.). A Harsh Reality. A Head of the Heard. Retrieved August 23, 2018, from http://aheadoftheherd.com/Newsletter/2011/A-Harsh-Reality.html
Mills, R. (n.d.). A Harsh Reality. A Head of the Heard. Retrieved August 23, 2018, from http://aheadoftheherd.com/Newsletter/2011/A-Harsh-Reality.html
Rachael Carson's silent spring (1962)
What Happened?
Rachel Carson was a renowned nature author and marine biologist
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Significance to Environmental Movement
Justification of EVS
Impact on Future Events/ Policies/ Technology:
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Griswold, Eliza. “How 'Silent Spring' Ignited the Environmental Movement.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 21 Sept. 2012, www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/magazine/how-silent-spring-ignited-the-environmental-movement.html.
“Legacy of Rachel Carsons Silent Spring National Historic Chemical Landmark.” American Chemical Society, Chatham University, 26 Oct. 2012, www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/rachel-carson-silent-spring.html#carsons-legacy.
“The Story of Silent Spring.” NRDC, 13 Aug. 2015, www.nrdc.org/stories/story-silent-spring.
“Legacy of Rachel Carsons Silent Spring National Historic Chemical Landmark.” American Chemical Society, Chatham University, 26 Oct. 2012, www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/rachel-carson-silent-spring.html#carsons-legacy.
“The Story of Silent Spring.” NRDC, 13 Aug. 2015, www.nrdc.org/stories/story-silent-spring.
Chernobyl Disaster (1986)
What Happened?
Immediate Impact
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Significance to Environmental Movement
Justification of EVS
Impact on Future Events/ Policies/ Technology:
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“Chernobyl Accident 1986.” Nuclear Power Economics | Nuclear Energy Costs - World Nuclear Association, World Nuclear Association, Apr. 2018, www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/chernobyl-accident.aspx.
“Chernobyl, the Accident Scenario and Its Global Impact.” ENS News, Apr. 2006. https://www.euronuclear.org/e-news/e-news-12/presidents-contribution.htm
“The Chernobyl Accident.” United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), 16 July 2012, www.unscear.org/unscear/en/chernobyl.html.
“Chernobyl, the Accident Scenario and Its Global Impact.” ENS News, Apr. 2006. https://www.euronuclear.org/e-news/e-news-12/presidents-contribution.htm
“The Chernobyl Accident.” United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), 16 July 2012, www.unscear.org/unscear/en/chernobyl.html.
KYoto Protocol (1997)
What Happened?
Immediate Impact
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Significance to Environmental Movement
Justification of EVS
Impact on Future Events/ Policies/ Technology:
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- Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate. (n.d.). Retrieved from Climate Change: http://www.climatechange.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=11647D44-1
- FItzpatrick, J. (2016, April 21). Is Paris Climate Accord ‘Kyoto 2.0’? Retrieved from Morning Consult: https://morningconsult.com/2016/04/21/paris-climate-agreement-kyoto-2-0/
- Jones, D. C. (2015, April 14). The Kyoto Protocol: Climate Change Success or Global Warming Failure? Retrieved from Circular Ecology: http://www.circularecology.com/news/the-kyoto-protocol-climate-change-success-or-global-warming-failure#.V8WXcigrKhe
- Kyoto Protocol: 10 years of the world’s first climate change treaty. (2015, February 16). Retrieved from Climate Change News: http://www.climatechangenews.com/2015/02/16/kyoto-protocol-10-years-of-the-worlds-first-climate-change-treaty/
- NA. (n.d.). Total U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from energy consumption between 1975 and 2015 . Retrieved from Statista: http://www.statista.com/statistics/183943/us-carbon-dioxide-emissions-from-1999/
- Pervis, N. (2004, December 15). Brookings. Retrieved from The real importance of the Kyoto Treaty: https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/the-real-importance-of-the-kyoto-treaty/
- Regulatory Initiatives. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/EPAactivities/regulatory-initiatives.html
- Secretary, P. (2015, March 31). U.S. Reports its 2025 Emissions Target to the UNFCCC. Retrieved from whitehouse.gov: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/03/31/fact-sheet-us-reports-its-2025-emissions-target-unfccc
- U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in 2015 are 12% below their 2005 levels. (2016, May 9). Retrieved from EIA: http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=26152
- West, L. (2016, July 5). Kyoto Protocol. Retrieved from Enviroment.about: http://environment.about.com/od/kyotoprotocol/i/kyotoprotocol_2.htm
Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill (2010)
What Happened?
Immediate Impact
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Significance to Environmental Movement
Justification of EVS
Impact on Future Events/ Policies/ Technology:
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Brachmann, Steve. “Five Years Later, the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Inspires Advances in Oil Spill Cleanup Tech.” IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law, 15 July 2015, www.ipwatchdog.com/2015/07/15/five-years-later-the-bp-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-inspires-advances-in-oil-spill-cleanup-tech/id=59730/.
Madsen, Brandon. “After the BP Oil Spill -- What Kind of Environmental Movement Is Needed?” Socialist Alternative, 7 Sept. 2010, www.socialistalternative.org/2010/09/07/after-the-bp-oil-spill-what-kind-of-environmental-movement-is-needed/.
Ocean Portal Team. “Gulf Oil Spill.” Ocean Portal | Smithsonian, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, 2 July 2018, ocean.si.edu/conservation/pollution/gulf-oil-spill.
Pallardy, Richard. “Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill of 2010.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 13 Apr. 2018, www.britannica.com/event/Deepwater-Horizon-oil-spill-of-2010.
Madsen, Brandon. “After the BP Oil Spill -- What Kind of Environmental Movement Is Needed?” Socialist Alternative, 7 Sept. 2010, www.socialistalternative.org/2010/09/07/after-the-bp-oil-spill-what-kind-of-environmental-movement-is-needed/.
Ocean Portal Team. “Gulf Oil Spill.” Ocean Portal | Smithsonian, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, 2 July 2018, ocean.si.edu/conservation/pollution/gulf-oil-spill.
Pallardy, Richard. “Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill of 2010.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 13 Apr. 2018, www.britannica.com/event/Deepwater-Horizon-oil-spill-of-2010.
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (2011)
What Happened?
Immediate Impact
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Significance to Environmental Movement
Justification of EVS
Impact on Future Events/ Policies/ Technology:
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- Buchanan, Kelly. “Laws and Regulations Passed in the Aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake.” Library of Congress, 22 May 2014, http://blogs.loc.gov/law/2014/05/laws-and-regulations-passed-in-the-aftermath-of-the-great-east-japan-earthquake/.
- Dreiling, Michael, et al. “After Fukushima: The Silence of Environmental Organizations on Nuclear Catastrophe.” Métropolitiques, 22 Sept. 2015, www.metropolitiques.eu/After-Fukushima-The-Silence-of.html.
- “Fukushima Accident.” Nuclear Power Economics | Nuclear Energy Costs - World Nuclear Association, World Nuclear Association , 2018, www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/fukushima-accident.aspx.
- Karam, Andrew. “Fukushima Five Years Later.” Popular Mechanics, Popular Mechanics, 11 Mar. 2016, www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a19871/fukushima-five-years-later/.
- Pearce, Fred. “What Was the Fallout from Fukushima?” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 3 June 2018, www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/03/was-fallout-from-fukushima-exaggerated.
- Schneide, Mycle. “Nuclear Power After Fukushima.” Worldwatch Institute, 2018, www.worldwatch.org/nuclear-power-after-fukushima.