10 Interesting Fact About The history of environmentalism

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• Modern environmental movements began in the 1960s, when concerns about pollution and environmental damage began to spread throughout the world.
• In 1970, the United States celebrated the first time of Earth, which is now an annual event around the world.
• In the UK in 1844, Charles Darwin wrote a book about environmental changes called The Formation of Vegetable Mold Through the Action of Worms.
• In 1854, Henry David Thoreau wrote a famous Walden book, which discussed the beauty of nature and the need for simple life.
• In 1892, John Muir founded Sierra Club, the oldest environmental organization that was still operating in the United States.
• In 1962, Rachel Carson published a controversial silent spring book, which discussed the negative impact of pesticides on the environment and human health.
• In 1987, the Montreal protocol was signed by 24 countries, which aims to reduce the production of chemicals that damage ozone.
• In 1992, the UN Conference on the Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro produced the Rio Declaration, which marked a global commitment to promote sustainable development.
• In 2007, the documentary film Al Gore An Inconvenient Truth won an Oscar award and helped increase awareness about climate change.
• In 2015, the UN Climate Conference in Paris produced Paris agreement, which aims to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and limit the increase in global temperature below 2 degrees Celsius.