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The '''environmental revolution''' is the ongoing process of switching from [[pollution]]-causing and [[Climate Change|climate-changing]] technology to efficient and clean technology.<ref name="catholicnews1"/><ref name=gp /><ref name=jt /><ref name=janes />


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The environmental revolution follows other technological revolutions such as the [[Industrial Revolution]] and the [[Digital Revolution]].
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[[Image:Enten und Gänse als Gartenhelfer.jpg|thumb|right|400px|An example of '''permaculture''', a [[sustainable]] form of [[farming]], using animals and gardens.]]

==History==

The environmental movement has its roots in the 19th century.<ref name="mtmultipleuse1">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtmultipleuse.org/endangered/esahistory.htm |title=History of Environmentalism |publisher=Mtmultipleuse.org |date= |accessdate=2012-01-05}}</ref> [[Robert Underwood Johnson]] and [[John Muir]] founded the [[Sierra Club]] in 1892 after successfully lobbying Congress to create [[Yosemite National Park]].

The modern environmental movement began in the mid-to-late 1960s.<ref name="mtmultipleuse1"/> Environmental problems had been illustrated in books such as [[Silent Spring]] and there was a [[back-to-the-land movement]], closely associated with the [[Hippie movement]] and [[Counterculture]].

By the 1990s, the need for [[green technology]] was realized, and the development of [[electric cars]] and [[alternative energy]] gradually began to become mainstream. In the first decades of the 21st century, significant progress has been made. The first new electric cars were released to the public in 2010, and environmentalism has gone from being fringe to being completely mainstream, even embraced by conservative institutions such as the [[Roman Catholic Church]].

==New technologies==

Many environmentally friendly technologies, such as electric cars, [[solar power]], [[geothermal energy]], [[wind power]], [[vertical farming]], [[recycling]], [[permaculture]], [[hydroponics]], [[Efficient energy use|energy-efficient]] technology such as [[fluorescent lighting]] and [[LEDs]] and [[high-speed rail]] have been implemented or have become mainstream in Western nations since 1980. Developing nations have also embraced these technologies, and China has become the world's leading manufacturer of wind turbines and solar-electric panels in the 21st century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/business/energy-environment/31renew.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |title=China Leading Global Race to Make Clean Energy « |publisher=nytimes.org |date=2010-01-30 |accessdate=2013-01-22}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Environmentalism]]
*[[Permaculture]]
*[[New Economy Coalition#New economy movement|New economy movement]]
*[[Transition town]]

==References==
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<ref name=gp>{{cite web|url=http://gp.org/greenpages-blog/?p=1206 |title=The 21st Century Environmental Revolution: « |publisher=Gp.org |date=2009-07-17 |accessdate=2012-01-05}}</ref>

<ref name=jt>{{cite web|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20040601a1.html |title=An 'environmental revolution' &#124; The Japan Times Online |publisher=Search.japantimes.co.jp |date=2004-06-01 |accessdate=2012-01-05}}</ref>

<ref name=janes>{{cite web|last1=Janes |first1=Ben |title=Are We There Yet? A Look Back at the Environmental Revolution and its Implications |url=http://www.uvm.edu/giee/beyondenvironmentalism/SeminarSeriesPaper.pdf |publisher=University of Vermont |accessdate=21 March 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015031637/http://www.uvm.edu/giee/beyondenvironmentalism/SeminarSeriesPaper.pdf |archivedate=October 15, 2009 }}</ref>

<ref name="catholicnews1">{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicnews.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5568:an-environmental-revolution-a-need-for-our-times&catid=262:january-30-2011-vol-61-no-2&Itemid=79 |title=An environmental revolution: a need for our times |publisher=Catholicnews.sg |date= |accessdate=2012-01-05}}</ref>
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