Earth day and environmentalism of the poor both created institutions to promote their respective values and objectives. For example, Adam Rome explains in his presentation The Genius of Earth Day, “ Out of Earth Day comes national lobbying organization, one of them directly tied to earth day… many had been ad hoc groups that stayed in business” (Around 11:30 mins). The fact that earth day was followed by a “decade of environmental legislation” (Rome, Around 11:00 mins), shows these organizations’ impact. The same is true in the case of environmentalism of the poor as explained by Joan Martinez –Alier in her work The Environmentalism of the Poor. Martinez-Alier explains that institutions sometimes played a role and at times helped organize
