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Economics, Policy ,and the Future Section 3 Section 3: The Importance of the Individual Preview • Bellringer Objectives Influential Individuals The 1960’s Decade Rising Awareness • Voting Weighing the Evidence

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Section 3: The Importance of the Individual

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• Bellringer

• Objectives

• Influential Individuals

• The 1960’s Decade

• Rising Awareness

• Voting

• Weighing the Evidence

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• Consumer Choices

• Applying Your Knowledge

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Bellringer

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Objectives

• Give examples of individuals who have influenced environmental history.

• Identify ways in which the choices that you make as an individual may affect the environment.

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Influential Individuals

• Some of the individuals have managed to influence our thinking about the environment in the United States.

• These people are famous because they brought attention to problems or convinced many people to think about new ideas.

• Some of them wrote books that inspired people to think about environmental problems in a new way.

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Influential Individuals

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The 1960’s Decade

• During the 1960’s, environmental issues became widely known.

• Biologists such as Paul Ehrlich, Barry Commoner, Rachel Carson, and Garrett Hardin drew public attention to environmental problems such as pollution, rapid population growth, and resource depletion.

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The 1960’s Decade

• Rachel Carson helped contribute to the Wilderness Act with her influential book, Silent Spring.

• This book argued that many public lands and resources were not adequately protected.

• The Wilderness Act allowed the government to designate some federal lands as wilderness areas to be used only for low-impact recreation.

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Rising Awareness

• Also in the 1960’s, several environmental disasters made headlines and helped raise public awareness.

• Eventually, pressure from the public led to new laws and efforts to reduce environmental damage.

• The first Earth Day, in 1970, was a historic demonstration of public concern for environmental issues.

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Voting

• One of the most important decisions you may make is in the act of voting. The people we elect will make decisions that affect our environmental future.

• The candidates stance on environmental issues can be researched through the media, voter organizations, and Web sites.

• Another way to take action on environmental problems is to join a group of people who share your concerns and interests.

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Weighing the Evidence

• We have the responsibility to educate ourselves as we make decisions that affect the world around us.

• Do not be misled by information that may look convincing but that has no supporting evidence.

• A popular environmental slogan is to “think globally, act locally.” This slogan reminds us that our everyday actions have broader effects.

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Consumer Choices

• Another environmental slogan you may have heard is “reduce, reuse, recycle.”

• As consumers, we can reduce the amount of things we buy and use, we can reuse things that are often used only once, and we can recycle many materials.

• As a consumer, you may choose to buy products that are produced sustainably or that do less damage to the environment.

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Applying Your Knowledge

• As you learn more about environmental science, you’ll be prepared to make decisions that guarantee that your impact on the environment will be a positive one.

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