1 / 20

Environmentalism Then and Now

Environmentalism Then and Now. Is Going Green New? You be the Judge…. Now. Then. Pennsylvania governor William Penn requires colonists to conserve one tree for every five cut down. 1681. Now. Then.

lillith-park
Download Presentation

Environmentalism Then and Now

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Environmentalism Then and Now Is Going Green New? You be the Judge…

  2. Now

  3. Then Pennsylvania governor William Penn requires colonists to conserve one tree for every five cut down. 1681

  4. Now

  5. Then Benjamin Franklin petitioned the Pennsylvania Assembly to stop waste dumping in the Philadelphia harbor. He said it caused “poor smells,” disease, and violated “public rights.” 1739

  6. Now

  7. Then New York state assembly banned hunting of the heath hen, to save it from extinction. The species is extinct by the early 1900s. 1791

  8. Now

  9. Then New York city officials appointed Central Park Board of Commissioners to draw up plans for what is now Central Park. 1856

  10. Now

  11. Then Yellowstone National Park is established. 1872

  12. Now

  13. Then Chicago passed the first anti-smoke air pollution laws. 1881

  14. Now

  15. Then First hydroelectric plant opened in Appleton, WI. 1882

  16. Now Great Lakes Compact ensured protection of lake waters from nonregions.

  17. Then Congress authorized the building of O’Shaughnessy Dam in Hetch Hetchy Valley, with fresh water diverted to dry California and west coast. 1913

  18. Now

  19. Then The first ethanol plant opened in Atchison, KS. The biofuel brand, Agrol, was sold throughout the Midwest with the slogan, “Try a tankful—you’ll be thankful.” 1937

  20. What do you Think? • Is environmentalism a new movement? • How is today’s environmental movement different from environmentalism in history? How is it similar? • How have the government and laws influenced environmentalism in history?

More Related