0 an interest in or the study of the environment, in order to protect it from damage by human activities
1 the study of the environment and the belief that it must be protected from damage by human activities:
The Department of Environmental Studies publishes a range of information on environmentalism and ecology.
The party is not green in its political outlook and is suspicious of environmentalism.
Similarly, although focused on the mobilization of support for changes in social decision-making, movements like environmentalism and feminism induce a re-examination of people's sense of themselves and of their purpose in life.
Modern environmentalism originates with the recognition of ecological connectivity and the negative effects of technological intervention.
We think of ourselves as moderns, but our "environmentalism" often echoes such despair.
But they are too willing to conclude, despite contradictory evidence, that free market environmentalism is always the right approach, as shown by their pollution chapter.
For a third group, the phrenological emphasis on innate qualities and the influence of environmentalism shockingly ignored the place of sin.
In extreme environments such as the far north, the necessity of seeking a symbiosis between technology and environmentalism is more pronounced.
