Movements for the environment are still happening, for example “People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals” (PETA), Those out to stop whale hunters and also a major movement making mainstream media is the protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline. These movements spring up from individuals that are vested in the interest and continuation of animal life and rights. Those conscious about the human …show more content…
The movement draws most people in through the concept of holding each other accountable is a tactic to encourage support for environmentalist’s plights, as well as adapting religious ideologies and doctrine calling for individuals to take care of “God’s green earth” This tactic is extremely effective at framing the Environmentalism as a duty then just a cause. This tactic of tying environmentalism and religion has been shown over and over again in cartoons for example “Captain Planet”. “Eco-terrorism” is a term used to refer to acts of violence committed in support of ecological or environmental causes, against persons or their property, usually this term is used by those who have a financial stake in big-business that supports deforestation and other harmful practices to environment. “In recent years, an increasing amount of terrorist activity in the United States has been carried out in the name of animal and environmental protection. Automobile dealerships, housing developments, forestry companies, corporate and university-based medical research laboratories, restaurants, fur farms and other …show more content…
If certain groups did not grow to be so hostile, often displaying disorganization, environmentalism would not come with such negative stigmas like the name eco-terrorist. The world is coming to an actualization that human society has added to an enormous amount of destruction on the environment. Chinese air pollution is at such high rates that the people must wear face masks to keep from inhaling the toxic air (CNN). Tactics that are used to spur chaos and major spectacles of violence and extremism only take away from the legitimacy of the