Three innovations
during the industrial revolution changed that.
Not exact matches
Best quote: «Conditions have
changed, but we are still operating financially by the rules established
during the
Industrial Revolution — rules based on creating more material possessions.
Peppered moths
changed from speckled white to mostly black (examples of each here) in Britain
during the
Industrial Revolution.
And it may reflect more
changes than we realize: recent writing on the Anthropocene period that arguably began
during the
Industrial Revolution highlights the significant global impact of human activities on Earth's ecosystems.
Inspired by pioneers like John Constable (1776 - 1837) and Richard Parkes Bonington (1802 - 28) from the school of English landscape painting, as well as Theodore Rousseau (1812 - 67) and Jean - Francois Millet (1814 - 75), and initially linked with the Naturalist and Realist movements, which were themselves a reaction to the social
changes caused by the
Industrial Revolution, the principles of plein - air art later formed the core of Impressionism - specifically Impressionist landscape painting - as practised by Monet (1840 - 1926)
during the last 30 years of the century.
«Akin to, and largely responsible for the sweeping
changes in our
industrial - military posture, has been the technological
revolution during recent decades.
«
Changes in the sun's energy was one of the biggest factors influencing climate
change during this period, but have since been superceded by greenhouse gases due to the
industrial revolution.»
Now, the anthromes working group has completed its first historical analysis of global
changes in anthromes and biomes before and
during the
Industrial Revolution, from 1700 to 2000, with results published today in Global Ecology and Biogeography (Ellis et al. 2010).
«This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time to
change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the
industrial revolution,» Figueres asserted, at a February 3rd press conference
during the Geneva climate talks.
Like I said, the last big
change happened
during the
Industrial Revolution.