Nature and the Environment in Twentieth-Century American LifeBloomsbury Academic, 2006 M05 30 - 237 páginas Americans during the twentieth-century became more disconnected from the environment and nature than ever before. More Americans lived in cities rather than on farms; they became ever more reliant on technology to interact with the world around them and with each other. Perhaps paradoxically, the twentieth-century also became the period in which environmental issues played an ever-increasing role in politics and public policy. Why is this so? Perhaps because, despite what many people believe, nature and the environment remains central to everyone's daily life. Pollution, environmental degradation, urban sprawl, loss of wildlife and biodiversity - all of these issues directly impact how everyone - even city dwellers - live their lives. |
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... growing number of natural areas set aside and placed under federal jurisdiction increased legislators ' interest in formalizing the government's role in conservation . The effort to connect the growing interest in nature with the idea ...
Brian Black. 10 ENVIRONMENTAL BACKLASH AND GROWING ENERGY NEEDS EVERYDAY SETTING : PETER MATTHIESSEN , " FOOTPRINTS IN THE LAST WILD PLACE " This return to the Alaskan Arctic was my first visit since May of 1957 ... Growing Energy Needs.
... growing interest in conservation , 28 Global climate change : connection to emissions , 149-50 ; issue for global action , 189 Global Environmental Policy : Agenda 21 , 184 ; Biological Diversity , binding UN covenant growing out of ...
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