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The Environmental Movement - Online Term Paper

The Environmental Movement

There are indeed many environmental advocacy organizations that use the Internet as a means of communicating their message and spreading their word. In this relatively recent "digital age", the use of a web site is proving to be an invaluable tool, and possibly more effective than sending out literature, because after all, does anybody know how to read anymore? Browsing through a variety of larger environmental advocacy/activism groups such as Greenpeace, National Wildlife Conservation, and the Sierra Club, it is easy for smaller, less well know (and funded) groups to be noticed. One such group calls themselves EnviroWatch (www.EnviroWatch.org). (Not to be confused with ...

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the right of the page is a picture of a bird staring forward and underneath that in caps "WE ARE WATCHING". After reading this one gets a true sense that EnviroWatch is looking out for the environment, almost like earth-friendly detectives.
The design of their web site is very conducive to quick and easy access. This is definitely a plus for any newcomer who is browsing through the site to get a feel for the organization. On the homepage, there are a series of 7 "links" running down the left margin of the page, each which brings you to another page containing a separate issue. The final link is an archived page containing information from previous years/months, which is useful in learning what projects they EnviroWatch has worked on in the past. Clicking on the first link, "ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE at it's worst", brings up two pictures of sewage run-off in Waimanalo, Hawaii. Underneath is a press release which details their petition for review by the Federal Courts of past ...

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Added: 11/8/2005 01:00:26 AM
Category: Social Issues
Type: Free Paper
Words: 1039
Pages: 4

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