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environmental movements  

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  • ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS ARE groups collectively trying to improve the conditions of the environment for human health, biodiversity, and ecosystem integrity. Environmental movements can have a diverse set of political perspectives and ethical orientations and engage in tactics that vary from social protest and direct action to litigation and policy reform. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change; Movements, Environmental]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/environmental_movements

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