Social Developments: Environmentalism

Question 1

What does environmentalism cover? (4 things and if not then thats bad)

Answer 1

Industrial pollution, risks of nuclear waste, protection of life, organic farming

Question 2

What book written in 1962 raised environmental awareness? What did it say?

Answer 2

Silent Spring. It said that there had been a decline of birds and other life in the countryside due to chemical pesticides

Question 3

Name 1 act from the 1950s and one from the 1960s which tried to improve environmental conditions

Answer 3

1956 Clean Air Act, 1968 Country Planning prevention Act

Question 4

What did the 1956 Clean Air act do?

Answer 4

Reduced the amount of urban smog in cities

Question 5

What did the 1968 Country Planning prevention Act?

Answer 5

Prevented planning in areas considered to be of ‘astounding natural beauty’

Question 6

What happened in 1967 which raised environmental awareness?

Answer 6

An oil tanker caused an oil spill on part of the English coastline

Question 7

What was the year 1970 considered to be for Europe?

Answer 7

The year of Conservation

Question 8

What was a fashion trend which promoted environmental sustainability in the 1960s?

Answer 8

Paper dresses

Question 9

What global event happened which made people realise how fragile the earth was?

Answer 9

It was seen from space in the first time in the 1960’s and people saw how fragile the earth actually turned out to be after decades of progress.

Question 10

Name a relatively peaceful international Conservation group

Answer 10

Friends of Earth

Question 11

What did the Friends of Earth organisation raise awareness for?

Answer 11

The long term impact of using nuclear power for electricity in terms of nuclear waste.

Question 12

Name 3 radical organisations that were set up in the 1970’s that promoted environmental conservation

Answer 12

The Peoples Party, Greenpeace, Animal Liberation Front

Question 13

Who set up The Peoples Party? When

Answer 13

A Conservative MP, set it up in 1973

Question 14

Why was The Peoples Party set up?

Answer 14

Because they believed that the environment should be looked after properly

Question 15

What is an example of a radical policy that The Peoples Party had?

Answer 15

They suggested having less children to reduce environmental impact

Question 16

What did Greenpeace criticise?

Answer 16

Industrial developments and political parties inability to reduce their impact on the environment

Question 17

What is an example of something radical that Greenpeace members did, When did they do this?

Answer 17

In 1972 they went to a French Nuclear Testing site area and tried to tell them to stop doing nuclear tests

Question 18

What did the Animal Liberation Front do that was radical?

Answer 18

They broke into laboratories and found animals that were given countless cigarettes a day to test the effects on them

Question 19

What programme did David Attenborough do in 1979 to globally help increase environmental awareness? What was its scale?

Answer 19

Created the programme Life on Earth. It had 500 million viewers worldwide

Question 20

Name 3 popular programmes that improved British environmental consciousness in the 1970’s

Answer 20

Life on Earth, Doom Watch, The Good Life

Question 21

What did Doom Watch cover?

Answer 21

Scientists attempting to stop the end of the world due to man-made horrors

Question 22

How many people watched Doom Watch?

Answer 22

12 million people

Question 23

What was the impact of Doom Watch on the government?

Answer 23

They were told to create a ‘Doom Watch’ committee to observe environmental issues in Britain

Question 24

What did The Good Life do?

Answer 24

Showed a married couple attempting to become fully self sufficient in their own houses.

Question 25

Who was the Leader of The Peoples Party?

Answer 25

Teddy Goldsmith

Question 26

How many people did Goldsmith put up for the Peoples Party in the February 1974 election?

Answer 26

5 candidates

Question 27

How many candidates did Goldsmith put up for the Peoples Party in the May 1979 election?

Answer 27

53 candidates

Question 28

When did The Peoples Party change their name? What to?

Answer 28

Changed it to the Ecology Party in 1975

Question 29

What did Wilson establish in 1970 to reduce pollution? How long did it exist for?

Answer 29

Royal Committee for Environmental Pollution, it existed for around 40 years.

Question 30

What act was created supporting Environmentalism in 1974?

Answer 30

Water Pollution Prevention Act

Question 31

What act was created supporting Environmentalism in 1976? What did it do?

Answer 31

1976 Endangered Species Trade Act limited imports and exports of endangered plants and animals

Question 32

What did Heath do to the Ministry of Housing in his Premiership?

Answer 32

Replaced it with the Department of the Environment

Question 33

What did Heath changing the name of a section of the government to focus on being more environmentally sustainable show?

Answer 33

The government and future governments would focus more on creating new policies and adjusting current policies in relation to the stability of the environment

Question 34

What did John Seymours Self-sufficiency book do?

Answer 34

It taught people how to be fully self sufficient

Question 35

What was the impact of John Seymour’s book?

Answer 35

It became a best-seller

Question 36

What was significant about the sales which Seymour’s book got?

Answer 36

It showed that many people were fearful of the human impact on the surrounding environment.

Question 37

What is something potentially radical with the FOE organisation did in their first few years?

Answer 37

Dumped 1000’s of bottles of Schweppes outside their offices in protest for their switch to non-returnable bottles