First Earth Day
The first Earth Day is cited as a pivotal turning point in environmental awareness, following public outrage over the Santa Barbara oil spill, which also helped spur the founding of Greenpeace.
Cited as one of the pivotal turning points of environmental awareness following the Santa Barbara oil spill: "the raw images of environmental devastation galvanizing a movement, leading to the first Earth Day, the founding of Greenpeace."
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- Club of Rome · both placed under sec-009
- Founding of Greenpeace · both placed under sec-009
- The Limits to Growth · both placed under sec-009
- Santa Barbara oil spill (1969) · both placed under sec-009
- Brundtland Report ("Our Common Future") · discussed together in section 009
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- Sustainability
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- Chapter 1, section 009 · Flickers of Awakening: Have We Learned the Lessons?
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