The First Green Wave- Pollution Probe and the Origins of Environmental Activism in Ontario

Ryan O'Connor

ISBN 10: 0774828099 / ISBN 13: 9780774828093

Verlag: University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, 2015

Beschreibung

Ffirst printing, 264 pages (xxviii 236), notes, bibliography, index; publisher's white and half-tone pictorial card covers. New book. Pictures show this actual book. UK orders are post-free.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 151868

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The First Green Wave- Pollution Probe and the Origins of Environmental Activism in Ontario
• Verlag: University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0774828099
• ISBN-13: 9780774828093
• Einband: Softcover/Paperback
• Auflage: First edition.
• Zustand: New
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • History & Biography
  • Academic Books
  • Science, Engineering, Mathematics &c.

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Inhaltsangabe

The First Green Wave traces the rise of Ontario’s environmental movement. At the heart of the story is Pollution Probe, an organization founded in 1969 by students and faculty at the University of Toronto. In its first year of operation, Pollution Probe confronted Toronto’s City Hall over its use of pesticides, Ontario Hydro over air pollution, and the detergent industry over pollution of the Great Lakes. The success of these actions inspired the founding of other environmental organizations across Canada and led to the development of initiatives now taken for granted, such as waste reduction and energy policy.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ryan O'Connor teaches in the Department of Canadian Studies at Trent University.