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term coined?[edit]

Please include a section on the history of the term 'environmentalism' itself- when it was coined, when it came to take on its present meanings, etc. 130.68.183.12 (talk) 19:44, 4 April 2019 (UTC) R.E.D.Reply[reply]

Alternative definition[edit]

Ecology is a science and activity of studying negative impact of human activity on ecosystems (including individual species and including people as a species, and including anthropogenic ecosystems such as cities) and its minimization. A person involved in ecology is ecologist. The adjective is ecological. The adverb is ecologically. Other names for ecology, though it is recommended not to use them, are environmentalism, environmental protection, nature protection. Ecology is different from bioecology which is a science about relations between different organisms and relations between organisms and their environment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.71.63.152 (talk) 15:51, 20 October 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

"Going green" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Going green. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 May 11#Going green until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Interstellarity (talk) 00:08, 11 May 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

"Go green" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Go green. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 May 11#Go green until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Interstellarity (talk) 14:44, 11 May 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Moving content from Environmental justice page to this page[edit]

Hi! I am planning to move content currently in the "Critique of environmentalism" section of Environmental justice to the criticism and alternative views part of this page without much revision of the content. If anyone has any thoughts or concerns, please let me know. Zaelzo (talk) 17:57, 24 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Planning to move forward with this shortly. Zaelzo (talk) 05:12, 25 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done, if anyone has any thoughts feel free to share them here. I kind of think the See also section is like a less helpful version of the Green politics template so I'm not really sure what purpose it serves. The Michael Chricton paragraph seems like potentially undue weight since it is only about his opinion. Zaelzo (talk) 05:41, 25 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Good move but the section is weak. I agree with you on Chricton. A wider problem seems to me due to the fact that the page fails to provide an interpretation of the broad catalogue of environmentalists' ideas and the criticism section adds to the catalogue rather than an interpretation. It tends to portray criticism directed to a (non existing) single or main perspective. I have recently rewritten the Italian page (ambientalismo, hopefully you may machine translate it) drawing extensively from solid textbooks. The criticism is not yet covered but the fundamental threads of E. are, attempting to go beyond the catalogue approach. Perhaps it may offer some ideas. Tytire (talk) 21:53, 30 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]