Browse Items (41 total)

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

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

Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, Department of the Interior, National Park Service (Design attributed to John Wagner), Don't Kill Our Wildlife, Library of Congress, 1940

This poster, which shows two deer running in front of a vehicle, urges the public not to "kill our wildlife." Created by the Federal Arts Project,…

Tags: Campaign, Environment, Federal Arts Project, Murals, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Foundation for the Arts, Scultptures, Wildlife, WPA

Verplanck Colvin, Verplanck Colvin, Adirondack Artist, Albany State Printer, ca. 1879

Today, the United States is home to over 6,600 state park sites which span 14 million acres. The Adirondack Preserve, set up by New York state in the…

Tags: Adirondack Forests, Conservation, Forest, State Parks, Whiteface Mountain

D.O. Hill, St Rollox Chemical, Published before Jan 1, 1925. Public domain in the United States, 30 September, 2006

The origins of the environmental movement lay in the response to increasing levels of smoke pollution in the atmosphere during the Industrial…

Tags: Alkali, Environment, Health, Legislation, Pollution, UK

None, Sir William Schlich, Public domain in the United States, 1892

The modern conservation movement was first manifested in the forests of India, with the practical application of scientific conservation principles.…

Tags: Conservation, Environment, India, Movement, William Schlich

Barraud & Jerrard, Sir James Ranald Martin, Public domain in the United States, 1874

James Ranald Martin was prominent in promoting this ideology, publishing many medico-topographical reports that demonstrated the scale of damage…

Tags: Conservation, Deforestation, Environment, India, James Ranald Martin, Topography

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

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

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