ABSTRACT
Following the Second World War, the scale and rate of human disruption of the planetary system dramatically increased, contributing to what is now called the “Great Acceleration” in the modern ecological crisis (Angus 2016; Hamilton and Grinevald 2015; Steffen et al. 2015; Waters et al. 2016). In response, a global environmental movement protested the proliferation of pollution, the intensification of demands placed on natural resources, the degradation of ecosystems and the risks associated with atomic and nuclear weapons. In the 1960s and 1970s, the environmental movement gained traction, demanding fundamental changes in society.
