EESA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: United Nations Environment Programme, Six-Day War, Lois Gibbs
Document Summary
Earth from space: the power of an image. First photograph of earth taken on november 9, 1967. Taken by automated camera from unmanned apollo 4 space craft: most impactful picture was 1972 by apollo 17 where entire earth was illuminated and photographed, blue marble image: grand picture of earth from 1972. First major oil spill in 1967 when torrey canyon spilt 120,000 metric tons of crude oil: chemicals found underground of new york, first declaration of environmental state of emergency in us, local activist hero lois gibbs. 1970s: first federal environmental legislation, environmental protection act 1970, earth day 1970, greenpeace 1971, united nations environment programme 1972. The environment is more than just our surroundings. Environment is everything biotic and abiotic: biotic: living things. Animals, plants, forests, soils, microbes, and people: abiotic: nonliving things which we interact with. Continents, oceans, urban centers, living spaces, scienti c, ethical, economical, and other relationships and institutions in our lives.
