Sentences with phrase «early environmental activists»

Early environmental activists - we late 60's types - typically got some feeling of personal redemption from recycling, a practice which has lately turned out to be largely bullshit.

Often associated with the concept - based land artists and early environmental activists of the 1960s and 1970s, Denes is known for her multidisciplinary practice and visionary explorations in philosophy, mathematics, linguistics, science, history, and performance.

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Analysts and environmental activists praised the early spring meeting as a time to negotiate practical ways of unlocking private - sector dollars for climate change.

Earlier this year on Earth Day, environmental activist Christopher Swain did his best breaststroke in Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal.

Earlier today, multi-billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer called on Secretary of State John Kerry to apply climate realism and good government oversight when it comes to the State Department's late Friday, pre-Super Bowl climate bombshell release of a tainted environmental impact statement (EIS) as to the Keystone XL pipeline.

Carlin: In the 1960s and early 1970s, when I was active in the Sierra Club as an environmental activist and elected Chapter Chairman, the Club supported improving the environment and appeared to be open to using both good science and economics in support of its objectives.

Environmental writer - turned - activist and 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben protested and got arrested outside an ExxonMobil gas station in Burlington, Vt. earlier this month to bring attention to the series.

Brazilian environmental and human rights activist Antônia Melo da Silva received the Alexander Soros Foundation Award earlier this month in recognition of her work organizing opposition to the Belo Monte...

Early Thursday morning, the Shell Oil icebreaker MSV Fennica moved out of dry dock, environmental activists and protesters pinched the Willamette River's shipping channel and Portland police closed traffic across the St. Johns Bridge.

As of early March, nine environmental defenders have been killed this year, including Purépecha activist Guadalupe Campanur Tapia, who was one of the leaders of an indigenous movement against illegal logging in Cheran, Mexico.

Rivera's career as an environmental activist got started early, as a boy growing up on his family's coconut palm plantation.

I was shaken awake in the early hours of yesterday morning, when Brooke Larsen, a SustainUS delegate and environmental activist from Utah, put her hand on my knee.

Brazilian authorities have arrested two brothers in connection with the murders of two Amazon environmental activists earlier this year.

Apex's proactive approach to wildlife issues, and its early engagement with local residents going back many months, helped it win over local officials and environmental activists.

Many of her political stances were shaped by her early mentor, environmental activist Chico Mendes.