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Environmentalism is an ideaology, as well as a social, political, and ethical movement that advocates protecting our natural resources and improving our environment.  Often used interchangeably, environmentalism extends beyond conservation into clean-up, research, education and preservation. (Photo: Shutterstock)

 

 

Articles about Environmentalism

  • 'Xena' pleads guilty over New Zealand oil protest

    Thu, Jun 14 2012 at 2:38 AM

    "Xena: Warrior Princess" actress Lucy Lawless pleads guilty in a New Zealand court June 14 after joining a group of Greenpeace activists who occupied the oil-drilling ship Noble Discoverer for three days in February.

  • Sao Paulo setting green example

    Sat, Jun 09 2012 at 8:12 AM

    The environment czar of the city highlights the needs for Sao Paulo's citizens to recycle and for the city to improve its mass transit systems.

  • Rio+20 should be Tahrir Square for greens

    Tue, Jun 05 2012 at 3:40 PM

    While the UN summit aims to break years of environmental policy gridlock, a parallel 'people's summit' will demand better accountability in those policies.

  • Back to Brazil for World Environment Day

    Tue, Jun 05 2012 at 8:24 AM

    Forty years after the first World Environment Day, and 20 years after the original 'Earth Summit,' Brazil is still a flashpoint for environmental politics.

  • People's summit alongside Rio+20 to draw 20,000 daily

    Thu, May 24 2012 at 5:51 PM

    The people's summit will hold debates and panels on a variety of issues, with a particular focus on how businesses repackage green initiatives for profit.

  • Greenpeace activists halt icebreaker

    Fri, May 04 2012 at 2:24 PM

    The activist group sough to delay the icebreaker's ability to support in exploratory oil drills commissioned by Shell.

  • Three arrested during climate protest

    Thu, May 03 2012 at 11:32 AM

    The protest occurred during UK Climate Energy Summit, a conference designed to work toward 'a secure, low carbon economy.'

  • Spain's Calatrava unveils green museum in Rio de Janeiro

    Wed, May 02 2012 at 4:02 PM

    The museum is built on a pier in the middle of a large green space of 322,900 square feet with gardens, pools and a bike trail.

  • Josh Fox: Activist and filmmaker

    Wed, May 02 2012 at 1:29 AM

    A year after receiving an Oscar nod for 'Gasland,' the documentarian is preparing to take on the fossil fuel industry again in a sequel film.

  • Mother's Day gifts that give back

    Fri, Apr 27 2012 at 2:01 PM

    Give your mom a gift that also benefits other mothers around the world — including Mother Earth!

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