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Wangari Maathai
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Born in Kenya. Struggled for human rights, democracy and saw the importance of good soil for planting trees. Worked on the farms and knew about plants. Her ethic was ecofeminism but she could also be considered ecocentric/land ethic as well. Women weren't considered property in Kenya at this time they were considered property. She went to the University of Pittsburgh and was the first black woman in east and central Africa to get a Ph.D. She was made fun of for being black and whites thought she was taking away from their education. She started the Women for Change and the Greenbelt Movement.
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Chico Mendes
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Unionized rubber tappers. His ethic was ecofeminism. He was the leader of the union and spoke in front of the government. He became a champion for the amazons and was killed for sticking up for them. He died in 1980.
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Tim DeChristopher
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"Peaceful Uprising" He was very emotional about his cause. He had the ethic of deep ecology because he felt that if you weren't doing something to help get rid of the problem then you were apart of the problem. He was against mountain top mining for coal in WV and when the Bush Admin set up private auctions for land he set up a fake company and bought his favorite pieces of land. Got sent to federal prison for disrupting a government practice.
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Vandana Shiva
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Her ethic was ecofeminism. She wanted food to be property of the commons. She was against genetically engineered food and giant food corporations. She pioneered an organic food movement in India.
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The Love Canal
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A landfill with 22,000 tons of toxic waste. A neighborhood and school was built on top of it. There were chemical smells and children were getting burns on their feet from playing outside. Several abnormal health issues arose from the love canal including cancer, birth defects, miscarriages, chemical burns, and an abnormal level of illnesses. A Superfund was created to clean up the mess (green taxes). Lois Gibbs held two EPA workers hostage until something was done about it. Her ethic was ecofeminism and deep ecology.
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