Green heroes : from Buddha to Leonardo DiCaprio / László Erdős.
Erdős, László, author.
2019
QH75 .E73 2019
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Title Green heroes : from Buddha to Leonardo DiCaprio / László Erdős.
Author Erdős, László, author.
ISBN 3030318060 (electronic book)
9783030318062 (electronic book)
9783030318055
3030318052
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31806-2
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019]
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-31806-2 doi
Call Number QH75 .E73 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification 577.092/2
Summary This book provides an introduction into the diversity of the environmental movement through great characters in the green sector. The book describes inspiring personal achievements, and at the same time it provides readers with information regarding the history, the main directions and the ethical principles of the environmental movement. Some of the most important characters of the movement from all around the world, are included in the book. As well as the title characters, Buddha and Leonardo DiCaprio, other famous environmentalists like Albert Schweitzer, David Attenborough and Jane Goodall are discussed. Some of the less well-known but equally important environmentalists such as Chico Mendes, Bruno Manser, Henry Spira, Tom Regan or Rossano Ercolini are highlighted in the various chapters. The selection of characters represents all major branches within the green sector, ranging from medieval saints to Hollywood celebrities, from university professors to field activists, from politicians to philosophers, from ecofeminists to radicals.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Introduction
Charles Darwin and the implications of evolution St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals
Environmentalism gaining momentum: Rachel Carson and 'Silent sping' Denis Hayes and Earth Day
Planting trees with Wangari Maathai
In defense of rain forests: Chico Mendes and Bruno Manser Al Gore's fight for the environment
The strong men of environmentalism: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Steven Seagal Movie stars and activism
Arne Naess and 'Deep ecology'
Vandana Shiva and traditional agriculture
Ian Kiernan, Rossano Ercolini, and Bea Johnson Pioneers of ecological economics
The Greenpeace story Forerunners of animal advocacy Spokesmen for animals: Peter Singer, Richard Ryder, and Tom Regan
Henry Spira, the hero of animal advocacy
Animal advocates from Central Europe
Albert Schweitzer: The man who loved all living beings Talking animals: The capacity of animal minds
Primatologists Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Biruté Galdikas Ingrid
Newkirk, Alex Pacheco, and PETA
John Muir and Yosemite
Aldo Leopold, the founding father of nature conservation
James Lovelock and the Gaia-hypothesis
Their symbol: The giant panda
Scientists involved in conservation and environmentalism
Gerald Durrell: How an amateur naturalist developed into a great conservationist Farley Mowat never cried wolf
David Attenborough, the grand old man of natural history films Jacques-Yves Cousteau: Under the spell of the sea
Paul Watson, the daredevil of conservation
Epilogue
Acknowledgements List of illustrations.

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