Environment Category Archive – Page 1 of 4 − Dipping Into Light

Environment

An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary film on global warming, premieres May 24, 2006

Birkenhead Park, first civic public park in Britain, opened, April 5, 1847

Canyonlands National Park, designated as a National Park, September 12, 1964

Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Mexico, December 27, 1966

David Attenborough, English environmentalist, born May 8, 1926

Dawn, the beginning of twilight

Earth Day, proclamation issued by Mayor of San Francisco, March 21, 1970

Edwin Way Teale, American environmentalist and photographer, born June 2, 1899

Everglades National Park, in Florida, is dedicated, December 6, 1947

Frederick Law Olmsted, American landscape architect, born April 26, 1822

Gaura Devi leads a group of women to form circles around trees to stop them being felled, giving rise to the Chipko Movement, March 26, 1974

Grand Canyon National Monument, created, January 11, 1908

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, founded, June 15, 1934

The Don’t Make A Wave Committee, changes its name to “Greenpeace Foundation”, May 4, 1972

Henry Walter Bates, English explorer, born February 8, 1825

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