Browse Items (41 total)
- Collection: Environmental Protection (C-1)
Adam Stein, Goldman Environmental Foundation
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
Goldman Environmental Foundation, Seacology
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
America the Beautiful, America the Beautiful Fund
America the Beautiful, America the Beautiful Fund, America the Beautiful, No date
America the Beautiful Fund is a national non-profit organization started in 1965 to encourage volunteer citizen efforts and to protect the natural and…
Tags: America the Beautiful, Conservation, Environment, Nonprofit, United States, Volunteer
ERDC, GreenGov Presidential Awards
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
ABC News, Yucca Mountain
ABC News, Yucca Mountain, David Howells/Corbis, 2018
Yucca Mountain is a site located in Nevada that is well-known as the federal government's location for a deep geologic repository for the safe storage…
Tags: Mountains, Nevada, Nuclear Fuel, Yucca Mountain
Harris & Ewing, Congressman T. Frank Appleby, Oil Polution Act
Harris & Ewing, Congressman T. Frank Appleby, Oil Polution Act, Library of Congress, 1905-1945
In 1921, Congressman T. Frank Appleby introduced a bill designed to limit oil pollution, a piece of legislation that would eventually become the 1924…
Tags: Anti-Pollution, Congress, Oil Dumping, Oil Pollution, T. Frank Appleby, Wildlife
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Smokey Says - Hold 'Til It's Cold… Prevent Forest Fires
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Smokey Says - Hold 'Til It's Cold… Prevent Forest Fires, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1941-1945
Smokey the Bear PSA Since 1944, Smokey the Bear has educated generations on the importance of forest/wildfire prevention, and the PSA campaign is the…
Tags: Fire, Forest, PSA, Smokey the Bear, Wildfire Prevention, Wildfires
Unknown, John Muir, "The Father of our National Parks"
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
Dick Rowan, Sierra Club Nature Hike
Dick Rowan, Sierra Club Nature Hike, National Archives, May-72
The Sierra Club, the largest grassroots environmental group in the United States, was founded in 1892 by environmentalist John Muir. They are…
Tags: CAA, Conservation, Environment, Grand Canyon, National Parks, Nature Hike, NEPA, Sierra Club
Namibia Crane Working Group, Namibia Crane Working Group
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