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Goldman Environmental Foundation, Seacology, Goldman Environmental Foundation, 1997

Seacology is a nonprofit charitable organization headquartered in Berkeley, California that focuses on preserving island ecosystems and cultures…

Tags: Conservation, Cultural Preservation, Ecosystems, Islands, Nonprofit, Prize, Seacology

New Zealand Defence Force, Rena Oil Spill Cleanup, New Zealand Defence Force, 12 October, 2011

Environmental cleanup laws govern the removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, sediment, surface water, or ground…

Tags: Cleanup, Contamination, Environment, Legislation, Regulation, Rena

Ahunt, Quadracycling, Public Domain, 13 January, 2008

The car-free movement is a broad, informal, emergent network of individuals and organizations, including social activists, urban planners,…

Tags: Cars, Environment, Public Transit, Urban, Vehicles

John Alexandrowicz, Pollution Sign, John Alexandrowicz, Apr-73

This sign was on a gas station door across from a United States Steel Corporation Coke Plant in Clairton, PA. Prior to this, the Plant had been found…

Tags: Anti-Pollution, AQI, CAA, Clean Air Act, Emissions Limits, NAAWS, PSD

Urning, Petra Kelly, Urning, None

Petra Karin Kelly was a German Green politician and ecofeminist activist. She was a founding member of the German Green Party, the first Green party…

Tags: Environment, Green Party, Nuclear Weapons, Petra Kelly, Politician

White House Photo Office, Nixon Plants a Tree, Public domain in the United States, 1971

Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970, it…

Tags: Earth Day, Environment, United States, White House

Bill Anders, NASA - Apollo8 -Dec 24 - Earthrise, Public domain in the United States, 24 December, 1968

The environmental movement (sometimes referred to as the ecology movement), also including conservation and green politics, is a diverse scientific,…

Tags: Ecology, Environment, Human Rights, International, Movement, Policy

Namibia Crane Working Group, Namibia Crane Working Group, Namibia Crane Working Group, 2004

Due to growing concerns regarding the continued survival of cranes, the Namibia Crane Working Group (NCWG) was established at a workshop in Etosha in…

Tags: Animals, Conservation, Cranes, Habitats, Namibia

Debbie Bookchin, Murray Bookchin, Public domain in the United States, 11 April, 2007

Murray Bookchin (January 14, 1921 – July 30, 2006) was an American social theorist, author, orator, historian, and political philosopher. A pioneer in…

Tags: Ecology, Environment, Movement, Murray Bookchin, Planning

Underwood & Underwood, Muir and Roosevelt, Underwood & Underwood, 1906

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (left) and nature preservationist John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, on Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park.…

Tags: Environment, History, John Muir, Sierra Club, Theodore Roosevelt, Yosemite Park