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Environmental History

Environmental History. Every Civilization Contributed. Ancient Civilizations. 500 BC -- Cloaca Maxima (big sewer) is built in Rome by Etruscan dynasty of Tarquins. As Rome grows, a networks of cloacae (sewers) and aquaducts are built.

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Environmental History

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  1. Environmental History Every Civilization Contributed

  2. Ancient Civilizations • 500 BC -- Cloaca Maxima (big sewer) is built in Rome by Etruscan dynasty of Tarquins. As Rome grows, a networks of cloacae (sewers) and aquaducts are built. • 535 AD -- Legal code (Institutes) of Roman emperor Justinian issued. In the section on the Law of Things, the first entry is: "By the law of nature these things are common to mankind---the air, running water, the sea, and consequently the shores of the sea."

  3. Progression of Environmental Issues Hunters – Gathering Societies – “Age of man” A. Earth Wisdom B. Discovery of Energy 1. Sunlight 2. Fire 3. Man Power C. Environmental Degradation – destruction of potentially renewable resources.

  4. Agricultural Revolution 12,000 – 10,000 YA AGROFORESTRY – Food crops & trees SLASH & BURN – used for shifting cultivation

  5. Agricultural Revolution • Use of domesticated Animals • Birth Rate increase • Irrigation was developed • People settled down and collected materials • Trade was established • Establishment of villages, towns and cities • Conflict between societies • Increase in settlement near waterways

  6. Ancient agricultural driven civilization which led to the Medieval age Obtained through www.wsu.edu

  7. Industrial Revolution 260 years ago then begun…Advanced Societies: 1. Improved Life Expectancy 2. Decreased Population Growth 3. Higher Standard of Living 4. Use of more Non-Renewable Resources

  8. Dark form of the peppered moth against the bark of an oak tree in England at the start of the Industrial Revolution. Dark and light peppered moth against the bark of a darkened oak after the Industrial Revolution. Elemente der Naturwissenschaft 70: 39-51, 1999. Reprinted with Permission

  9. Some Key Dates 1905 – U.S. Forest Service Established 1920’s –Public Health Boards in most cities 1933 - Civilian Conservation Corp by F.D. Roosevelt 1970 - Establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency 1978 - Love Canal 1984 – Union Carbide in Bupal, India 1987 – Montreal Protocol 1989 - Exxon Valdez 1994 – Clean Air Legislation Enacted 1999 – Kyoto Summit in Japan 2010 – Deep Water Horizons, BP

  10. www.geocities.com

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