1960-1970

Theme: Creating Awareness
1961- World Wildlife Fund Founded 1967- Rachel Carson writes Silent Springs 1968- Garrett Hardin writes Tragedy of the Commons
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-One of the main founders and most important person dealing with the WWF was //Sir Julian Huxley// In 1960 he had traveled to East AFrica and what he saw there appalled him Back in London he wrote an article in the observer saying --> "the habitat was being destroyed and animals hunted at such a rate that much of the region's wildlife could disappear within the next 20 years."
 * WORLD WILDLIFE FUND**

This letter gave attention to the media and people wrote in to Huxley -Soon enough, Huxley was able to get a group of scientists to come in a create an organization that would soon to be known as THE WORLD WILDLIFE FUND


 * //the WWF's ultimate goal is to build a future where people live in harmony with nature//


 * SILENT SPRING**

-Written by //Rachel Carson//, she worked at a chemical company and thought she should let the media know about the harmful effects that pesticides have on the environment -Created a large controversy with chemical companys but ironically this had caused her book to have even more publicity and have even more people want to read the book and thus accomplishing her goal to get the public to know the danger of pesticides - The book also led to the **banning of DDT**
 * the book caused environmental legislation and government agencies to better regulate the use of pesticides/chemicals
 * The publication of Silent Spring was a big step in saving the environment**. Silent Springs allowed environmentalism to find its place in society and quickly became something that the public wanted to help with.


 * TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS**

-An essay written by //Garrett Hardin// -The essay states that the problems in our society are due to __human population growth and overuse of the Earth's natural resources__
 * Hardin's essay states that people are ignoring the fact that they are living in a place with limited resources and are overusing the resources **leading to a quickly dimishing earth**

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