The Environmental Movement
It arises to satisfy
the social and health needs of the human being as a global political movement
that defends the protection of the environment insofar as it is the one that
satisfies human needs.
- Conservation and regeneration of natural resources
- Preserving wildlife and reducing pollution
- Improving urban life.
Context, place, date and historical data
During the decades of the 50s, 60s and 70s, various situations occurred that fueled the awareness of society regarding the damage caused by human activity in the environment.
In 1954, the 23 crew members of the DaigoFukury fishing vessel were exposed to a radioactive leak from a hydrogen bomb test on the Bikini Atoll.
In 1969, there was a spill from an oil excavation in California's Santa Barbara Canal.
Oil spill in Santa Barbara in 1969
Other important events included Barry Commoner's protest against nuclear testing, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring or Paul R. Ehrlich's The Population Bomb; publications that raised societal concern and environmental awareness.
Resultados del Movimiento
In 1979 with the slogan Die Zukunftistgrün ("the future is green"), the German green party was created.
In 1984, after the constitution of the ecological parties in Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Sweden and Switzerland, the Coordination of the European Green Parties was founded, which would become the Federation of European Green Parties in 1993.
In 1988 the Federation of European Young Greens was created, today made up of more than 30 youth organizations or environmental NGOs.
The European Green Party as such is created on February 22, 2004 in Rome. It originates from the merger of 32 national ecological parties from 29 European countries and four non-member countries of the European Union (Switzerland, Russia, Georgia and Ukraine)
The US government. The US passed the National Environmental Policy Act in 1970. In the same year, the Environmental Protection Agency was created and the first Earth Day was celebrated.
