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Environmentalism is a concern with the preservation of the natural environment, especially from human pollution, and the ethics and politics associated with this.

Environmentalism has been described as including the protection of natural resources, ecosystems, human life, and indigenous peoples. Contemporary environmentalists often seek to achieve these ends by influencing the political process by lobbying, education, activism and setting an example. They can also promote alternative ways or social change in society with day by day actions. Some of the issues of concern for the environmental movement are pollution, species extinction, waste reduction, recycling, the threat of global warming and ozone depletion, and genetically engineered crops.

Ecologism is a recently coined synonym used by some authors for environmentalism, and the related term "ecology" is often used in a similar way. Some writers, however, contrast the two terms, "environmentalism" having more anthropocentric overtones and "ecology" having more "biocentric" ones.[1]

1 Environmental organizations
2 Criticisms of the environmental movement
3 Environmentalism in non-fiction
4 Environmentalism in fiction
5 Environmentalism in music
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

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Environmental organizations

See also List of environmental organizations and Category:Environmental organizations

This is a huge number of environmental organizations, organizations that preserve, analyze or monitor the environment in different ways. Environmental organizations can be global, regional, national or local; they can be government-run or private (NGO). Many countries have organizations that address general and specific environmenental issues at a local or national level.

Greenpeace is the most prominent international organization, and lobbies on a wide range of environmental issues. Other international organizations such as World Wildlife Fund have specific areas of concern.

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Criticisms of the environmental movement

Most detractors of the environmentalist movement argue that the evidence of problems cited by environmentalists are not scientifically sound. There are also many concerns that the solutions advocated by environmentalists are not practical, and may actually do more harm than good. ^{[citation needed]}

Michael Crichton sees environmentalism as having many of the same characteristics as a religion including a paradise, a fall from grace, a salvation, and a judgment day, among others. Some environmental groups have been accused of using sensationalist tactics and misinforming the public instead of deferring to scientific evidence. Environmentalists are also sometimes accused of advocating anti-globalization and anti-corporatization, idealism which some say is detrimental to achieving environmental objectives.

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