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Documents Tagged ‘Ecology Action’
Recycling Board Game
Archive Entry Date: 09/15/1979
Cliff Humphrey suggested that you take your Monopoly board game and re-purpose it
Here’s How to Recycle at the Co-Op Center
Archive Entry Date: 05/72
Though Ecology Action's founders left Berkeley, others kept recycling alive in the city
Recycling Needs Your Help
Archive Entry Date: c. 1971-72
Ecology Action, "swamped" by recycling, asked the public to pressure the city for more resources
Case Study of the History and Development of Ecology Action
Archive Entry Date: 02/72
Ecology Action's 67-page history of itself, written for the newly-created EPA
An Image of an Ecological Utopia
Archive Entry Date: 1971
Ecology Action's illustrators offer an image of nature aglow
An Eco-Activist Fable
Archive Entry Date: 1971
A parable about corporate America and the co-opting of the environmental movement, in coloring-book form
Ecology Action News Release
Archive Entry Date: 10/20/70
Announcing the beginning of a new recycling center — in Modesto
Soil Protection
Archive Entry Date: 1970s
Soil is a living system which is subjected to the ecological imperatives constraining all living systems
Edible Weeds
Archive Entry Date: c. 1970
Don't kill weeds, eat them: so suggested Ecology Action
Recycle and Bicycle
Archive Entry Date: 05/70
How to address the threat to the environment? Be a wise consumer and rethink waste
Misuse of Land
Archive Entry Date: 1970
The rigged economy that produces "development," explained from an environmentalist perspective
The Better Earth
Archive Entry Date: 03/29/1970
An extensive profile of Ecology Action and its environmentalist vision, courtesy of the New York Times Magazine
Save! Sort! Set Out!
Archive Entry Date: c. 1970
A draft of a recycling logo, from Ecology Action
Pete Seeger’s letter to Ecology Action
Archive Entry Date: 02/02/1970
The legendary folksinger had little patience for the "long-winded" style of the Declaration of Interdependence
Lifehouse: A Neighborhood Eco-Center
Archive Entry Date: 1970
How to create an eco-minded hub in your community, according to Ecology Action
Ecology Action Is
Archive Entry Date: c. 1970
Ecology Action offered a loose set of definitions of itself
Composting in the City
Archive Entry Date: 1970s
How to set up your own compost, according to Ecology Action
Smog Free Locomotion Day press release
Archive Entry Date: 09/13/1969
Ecology Action's parade highlighted a world of transportation alternatives
The Unanimous Declaration of Interdependence
Archive Entry Date: 09/1969
A crucial founding document of the environmental movement
Prevent the Destruction of Human and Natural Resources
Archive Entry Date: c. 1969
Ecology Action's operating principles, expressed in a single image
Newspaper Troubles
Archive Entry Date: c. 1969
With good reason, newspaper was the first to be recycled
College Students Dumping Litter Ceremoniously
Archive Entry Date: 5/6/69
DVC students hoped, at their Ecology Fair, to stir their fellow students' consciences
The Problem Is a Crisis
Archive Entry Date: c. 1969
Ecology Action laid out the crisis to which their group was the solution
How To Start A Neighborhood Recycling Center
Archive Entry Date: c.1969-1970
A friendly guide so that the environmentally conscious could start their own recycling center