Nature Environmental Conservation & Protection
The First Green Wave
Pollution Probe and the Origins of Environmental Activism in Ontario
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2014
- Category
- Environmental Conservation & Protection, Environmental Policy
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774828086
- Publish Date
- Nov 2014
- List Price
- $95.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774828093
- Publish Date
- Apr 2015
- List Price
- $29.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774828116
- Publish Date
- Oct 2015
- List Price
- $29.95
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Description
The First Green Wave traces the rise of Ontario’s environmental movement. At the heart of the story is Pollution Probe, an organization founded in 1969 by students and faculty at the University of Toronto. In its first year of operation, Pollution Probe confronted Toronto’s City Hall over its use of pesticides, Ontario Hydro over air pollution, and the detergent industry over pollution of the Great Lakes. The success of these actions inspired the founding of other environmental organizations across Canada and led to the development of initiatives now taken for granted, such as waste reduction and energy policy.
About the author
Ryan O’Connor teaches in the Department of Canadian Studies at Trent University. He received his PhD from the University of Western Ontario and held a SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship from 2011 to 2012. His research focuses on the origins and development of the environmental movement in Canada.