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Friends of the Earth Workshop

Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is an international network of environmental organizations in 74 countries. Friends of the Earth was founded…

Tags: Education, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Organization, San Francisco, Sustainability

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Disaster

Tags: Accident, Anti-Nuclear, Disasters, Environment, Japan

Adam Stein, Goldman Environmental Foundation, Goldman Environmental Foundation, 2011

The Goldman Environmental Prize is the world's largest prize program honoring grassroots environmentalists. Founded in 1990 by Richard and Rhoda…

Tags: Environment, Environmentalist, Goldman Environmental Prize, Grassroots

ERDC, GreenGov Presidential Awards, ERDC, 2015

With more than 1.8 million civilian employees, 500,000 buildings, and $500 billion in annual purchasing power, the Federal Government has an…

Tags: Agency, Clean Energy, Environment, GreenGov, Greenhouse Gases, Obama

Anders Hellberg, Greta Thunberg, Anders Hellberg, 27 August, 2018

In August 2018, outside the Swedish parliament building, Greta Thunberg started a school strike for the climate. Her sign reads, “Skolstrejk för…

Tags: Activism, Climate Change, Environment, Greta Thunberg, Sweden

Gabriel Moran, John James Audubon

John James Audubon was an influential naturalist and artist of the 18th century. In particular, Audubon was responsible for transforming the field of…

Tags: Animals, Birds, Evolution, Habitats, John James Audubon, Natural History, Ornithology

Unknown, John Muir, "The Father of our National Parks", Library of Congress, 1902

John Muir was not a 'dreamer,' but a practical man, a faithful citizen, a scientific observer, a writer of enduring power, with vision, poetry,…

Tags: Conservationalist, Environment, John Muir, National Parks, Sierra Club, US Forest Service

None, John Ruskin - Portrait - Project Gutenberg, Public domain in the United States, 30 September, 2006

An early "Back-to-Nature" movement, which anticipated the romantic ideal of modern environmentalism, was advocated by intellectuals such as John…

Tags: Consumerism, Environment, Industrial, John Ruskin, Legislation, Pollution

Rolf Mueller, Longwanqun National Forest, Rolf Mueller, 25 July, 2011

Longwanqun National Forest is a nationally protected nature area in Huinan County, Jilin, China. Geographically, it is part of the western Changbai…

Tags: China, Environment, Forest, Longwanqun

Marina Silva

“Now more than ever we need sustainable development, and not the kind of development that we’re seeing right now. That means, a country that is…

Tags: Brazil, Deforestation, Environment, Marina Silva. Amazon, Senator