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Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet
Dr. Roz IasilloChairperson, Science Department
Mother McAuley High SchoolSenior Adjunct Fellow
Robert Morris College
History of the Environmental MovementColonial EraPreservationist MovementAmerican UrbanizationConservationist MovementModern EnvironmentalismWhat can we do today?
Colonial Era1626 – Plymouth Colony regulates timber cutting1681 – William Penn decrees that 1 acre of trees must be left standing for every 5 cut down1698 - Massachusetts prohibits deer hunting from January-July1710 - MA sets up rudimentary coastal protection1862 – The Homestead Act
Preservationist Movement
Late 1800s – An Elite Movement (writers, artists, wealthy)Need to preserve the grand scenery and natural features of the unspoiled western landscapeRomanticized natureSet up the Natural Parks System
American Urbanization•1870-1900 The growth of the American city
Boston triples its population (500,000)New York more than triples (3.5 million)Chicago increases by 6x (1.7 million)Los Angeles increases by 20xBegin to see the first concerns about pollution
Conservationist Movement
Early 1900s: Extensive deforestationNature and the Environment are seen as exploitable resourcesNature is a Commodity
Modern Environmentalism
1960s & 1970s: Pollution (Air, water, later land) comes into focus
Human health concerns - public crisesPesticides and chemicals
Rachel Carson: Silent Spring
Government to the Rescue
1969 – National Environmental Policy Act1970 – Earth Day1970 – Clean Air Act1972 – Clean Water Act1973 – Endangered Species Act
1980s Anti-Environmentalism
Harms economic growthCurtailed environmental enforcementNatural resources are here for human exploitationEnvironmental Justice Movement begins
Environmental Agenda: 1990s-Now
Congress wanted deregulationDeregulation stalled in the 1990s and moved forward in 2000Global Issues: 1. Ozone layer depletion
2. Loss of Biodiversity3. Climate Change
Wangari MaathaiBorn in Kenya in 19401st woman to earn Ph.D in E. & C. Africa
in 1971Founder of the Greenbelt Movement ‘76In 2002 elected to ParliamentAssistant Minister for the Environment2004 Nobel Peace Prize
Margaret MeadLobbied for and organized the First Earth Day in 1970President of the North American
Nongovernmental OrganizationConcerned with the Environment
Coming of Age in Samoa
Leading Primatologists
Jane Goodall – Chimpanzee Gombe
Dian Fossey - Mountain GorillaKerasoke Research
Birute Galdikas – OrangutanOrangutan Research Foundation
10 Things I Can Do1. Lower your thermostat2. Reuse your water bottle3. Use low-flow faucets, showerheads, toilets4. Use energy efficient products5. Carpool
10 Things I Can Do6. Carpool or drive less7. Recycle paper, plastic, glass, aluminum8. Compost9. Bring your own bag to the store10. Plant a tree
If You Can Only DoOne Thing…Plant a Tree
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