Browse Items (41 total)

Henry Hartley, Forestry Laws, Henry Hartley, 20 September, 2004

Forestry laws govern activities in designated forest lands, most commonly with respect to forest management and timber harvesting. Ancillary laws may…

Tags: Environment, Forest, Foresty Laws, Land, Legislation, Timber

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

National Parks Service, Harry Yount National Park Ranger Award, National Parks Service, 2018

“If a trail is to be blazed, it is 'send a ranger.' If an animal is floundering in the snow, a ranger is sent to pull him out; if a bear is in the…

Tags: Environment, Government

USEPA, International Climate Partnerships, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), EPA, 2019

EPA supports the United States’ international partnerships to address the global challenge of climate change. As a party to the United Nations…

Tags: Climate Change, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Greenhouse Gases, United States

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