Origins of Activism
The __________ Revolution led to environmental consequences which led to the spark of life to environmentalism in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
What is Industrial?
The author of 1962 novel Silent Spring.
Who is Rachel Carson?
This yearly event celebrates environmental protection on April 22.
What is Earth Day?
This is the illegal act of recklessly and improperly leaving your waste/garbage in public spaces.
What is littering?
The three big R's stand for Reduce, Reuse, and _____.
What is recycle?
The year that the first national Earth Day was held.
What is 1970?
This 26th president greatly expanded national parks, forests, and wildlife refugees.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
The global treaty created in 2015 where almost every country in the world agreed to work together to fight climate change.
What is the Paris Climate Agreement?
The planet is warming due to this effect in the atmosphere.
What is the greenhouse effect?
Environmental Activism is a ____________ movement that aims to bring major change in society and politics in order to take better care of the Earth.
What is revolutionary?
MODERN environmental activism begin to rise during these years.
What is the 1960s-1970s?
Swedish Environmentalist who gained global attention for climate strikes; founder of Fridays for Future.
Who is Greta Thunberg?
The life cycle stage when people began advocating for change through the use of organizing, protests, petitions, groups, and campaigns.
What is coalescence?
The term used to describe the total amount of greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide and methane, generated by our actions.
What is carbon footprint?
This is the result of forests being cut down for farming, logging, and construction, which destroys habitats.
What is deforestation?
This 1962 book by Rachel Carson sparked the environmental activism movement by bringing awareness to the dangers of pesticides.
What is Silent Spring?
Founder of the Sierra Club.
Who is John Muir?
The disastrous and well-known nuclear power plant disaster in Ukraine that occured in 1986 that released large amounts of radiation into the atmosphere.
What is Chernobyl?
These are tiny particles less than five millimeters long that are starting to be found in the environment, food, and water which is a growing concern due to potential health effects and their impact on ecosystems.
This huge floating trash mass is located in the Pacific Ocean; It is roughly twice the size of Texas.
What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?