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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... limits human opportunity and development ? The land ethic strives to give more equal standing to these other elements of nature . Contemporary envi- ronmentalists who are able to fully commit to this ethic often refer to themselves as ...
... limit . In the 1970s , federal safety and fuel conservation measures included a national speed limit of 55 miles per hour Creating a Political Framework for Environmental Action 151.
... Limits to Growth , report of Club of Rome that stimulates global envi- ronmental policy on timeline , 132 Lindsey , Hal , author of the Late , Great Planet Earth , 161 Lion King , feature film with environ- mental message , 160 " Living ...
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