https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n To understand the future, we need to comprehend the past en-us 2020-09-24 13:43:15 UTC 2025-12-28 05:37:56 UTC hello@padlet.com 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775748770 Agricultural Revolution]]> 2020-09-24 13:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775748770 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775751914 Industrial Revolution]]> 2020-09-24 13:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775751914 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775757694 Walden by Henry David Thoreau:

Walden is a book written by Thoreau that reflects on his Transcendentalist views of the world. It centers on his belief that people and nature are one and how he believes everyone should try to become closer to nature spiritually. ]]> 2020-09-24 13:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775757694 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775790625 Homestead Act

Set in place during the Civil War, this act allowed all good American citizens to claim 160 acres of land as long as they sustained and cultivated it themselves.]]> 2020-09-24 13:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775790625 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775808583 Yellowstone National Park Founded (1st National Park)]]> 2020-09-24 13:58:09 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775808583 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775821367 U.S. Forest Service Founded + Gifford Pinchot

The U.S. Forest Service is part of the Department of Agriculture and works to administer hundreds of the nations forests and grasslands. Pinchot was a forester and politician that served as the first head of the U.S. Forest Service. ]]> 2020-09-24 14:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775821367 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775839489 Aldo Leopold

Leopold is considered to be the father of wildlife ecology and the US wilderness system. He even helped to create the first official wilderness area years later. ]]> 2020-09-24 14:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775839489 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775869165 Audubon Society Founded]]> 2020-09-24 14:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775869165 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775871888 Antiquities Act

This act allowed the president to place national monuments on federal land, recognizing historic landmarks and other historic structures in history. ]]> 2020-09-24 14:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775871888 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775886946 U.S. National Park Service Founded]]> 2020-09-24 14:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775886946 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775896816 Dust Bowl

A period of severe dust storms in the 30s that resulted in severe damage of property and ecology. Also caused severe drought that depleted theland. ]]> 2020-09-24 14:16:13 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775896816 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775908107 Taylor Grazing Act

Law set in place to regulate grazing on public lands to improve deterioration and stabilize the livestock industry dependent on this land.]]> 2020-09-24 14:18:26 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775908107 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775929410 Great Smog in London

Severe air pollution event that occurred in London that effected the British capital, but dispersed quickly after a weather change. ]]> 2020-09-24 14:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775929410 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775958843 Silent Spring published by Rachel Carson]]> 2020-09-24 14:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775958843 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775963349 Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, caught fire

Floating pieces of debris covered in oil caught fire by sparks created from a passing train and lasted about 30 mins. ]]> 2020-09-24 14:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775963349 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775979771 First Earth Day]]> 2020-09-24 14:31:43 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775979771 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775981250 Clear Air Act

Law that regulates all sources of air emission and is designed to control air pollution to protect public health and the environment. ]]> 2020-09-24 14:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775981250 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775993193 FIFRA (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Control Act)

Basic US regulation of pesticides to protect applicators, consumers, and the environment.]]> 2020-09-24 14:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/775993193 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776004872 Endangered Species Act

The act aims to provide a structure to protect and defend the nation's endangered and threatened species in their habitats and aims to conserve them. ]]> 2020-09-24 14:36:59 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776004872 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776012616 OPEC Oil Embargo

Arab members of the OPEC imposed and oil embargo against the US in response to the US resupplying the Israeli military and trying to gain leverage in post-war negotiations. ]]> 2020-09-24 14:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776012616 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776047831 RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)

Act meant to properly manage hazardous and nonhazardous solid waste products. ]]> 2020-09-24 14:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776047831 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776061458 Clean Water Act

Regulates the discharge of pollutants in the nation's surface waters (lakes, rivers, streams, etc.) and is meant to control and maintain the biological integrity of the water. ]]> 2020-09-24 14:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776061458 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776083804 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act

Regulates the environmental effects of coal mining in the US and works to regulate active mines and reclaim abandoned ones. ]]> 2020-09-24 14:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776083804 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776105990 Love Canal, NY

Built on top of 21,000 tons of toxic industrial waste, as chemicals began to leach and bubble up into backyards and cellars and led to the Superfund program. ]]> 2020-09-24 14:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776105990 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776140799 3 Mile Island Nuclear Accident

Partial meltdown of a reactor in Pennsylvania that began to leak radiation gas. Considered the most severe US commercial nuclear power plant accident in history. ]]> 2020-09-24 15:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776140799 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776155307 CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Act AKA Superfund)

Passed in response to some alarming hazardous waste practices and management and designed to investigate and clean up areas with hazardous waste spills. ]]> 2020-09-24 15:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776155307 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776179779 Bhopal, India

Gas leak incident due to water entering a tank with Methyl isocyanate which caused a build up of carbon dioxide and other chemicals. ]]> 2020-09-24 15:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776179779 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776192806 Chernobyl

Nuclear accident due to a flawed reactor design and caused a steam explosion and fires that released lot of the radioactive reactor core into the environment. ]]> 2020-09-24 15:15:16 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776192806 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776211181 Montreal Protocol

Treaty designed to protect the Ozone layer by limiting production of many substances that are responsible for the weakening of the ozone layer.]]> 2020-09-24 15:19:06 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776211181 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776221225 Exxon Valdez

Oil spill that occurred in Alaska due to an oil tanker that gained notoriety after running aground spilling millions of barrels of oil into Alaska. ]]> 2020-09-24 15:21:11 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776221225 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776236113 World Population Hits 6 Billion]]> 2020-09-24 15:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776236113 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776239477 Kyoto Protocol

National agreement that hopes to manage and reduce carbon dioxide emissions and greenhouse gases. ]]> 2020-09-24 15:24:53 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776239477 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776248890 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Explosion on an oil rig caused by failure of the cement at the base of the well that was supposed to contain gas and oil within the well bore. Leaked million of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. ]]> 2020-09-24 15:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776248890 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776258429 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster]]> 2020-09-24 15:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776258429 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776261111 World Population Hits 7 Billion]]> 2020-09-24 15:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776261111 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776272780 2020-09-24 15:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776272780 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776280255 2020-09-24 15:33:06 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776280255 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776285644 2020-09-24 15:34:08 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776285644 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776291805 2020-09-24 15:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776291805 021083 https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776300302 2020-09-24 15:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/021083/wybg6kk5hhs2166n/wish/776300302