A movement of the people : the roots of environmental education and advocacy in Alabama / Katie Lamar Jackson ; foreword by David Mathews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Katie Lamar, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alabama Environmental Quality Association.

Environmentalism--Alabama--History--20th century.

Environmentalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, [Alabama] : The University of Alabama Press, 2017.

Summary:

How a grassroots movement led primarily by women shaped Alabama's environmental consciousness.A Movement of the People: The Roots of Environmental Education and Advocacy in Alabama is a detailed history of the Alabama Environmental Quality Association (AEQA).

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Figures

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. An Accidental Advocacy

2. A Suggestion Becomes a Movement

3. "Sweeping" Change: Women's Rural Cleanup Campaign Expands

4. Building an Environmental Conscience and Structure

5. Structuring for the Future

6. Formulating a Master Plan

7. A Dream Team: The AEQA's First Staff

8. Big Issues, Big Names, Big Ideas

9. Blazing New Trails at Home and in the Region

10. Teaching Teachers

11. Ramping Up Recycling

12. Developing PRIDE

13. Saving Parker Island

14. Doors Close, Legacies Continue

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-8173-9152-5

OCLC:

1003972445