Tag Archives: Environmental

Diet for a Small Planet – Frances Moore Lappé (1971)

Posted on March 16, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Diet for a Small Planet is a 1971 bestselling book by Frances Moore Lappé, the first major book to note the environmental impact of meat production as wasteful and a contributor to global food scarcity. She argued for environmental vegetarianism—practicing … Continue reading →

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Access to Success – Whole Earth Catalog

Posted on February 13, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Bookstore managers didn’t know quite what to make of the oversized 64-page volume that showed up in their stores in the fall of 1968. It was called the ‘Whole Earth Catalog‘ and subtitled ‘Access to Tools.’ For $5, buyers got … Continue reading →

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Anti-nuclear movement in the United States

Posted on December 25, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Women Strike for Peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. “The anti-nuclear movement in the United States consists of more than 80 anti-nuclear groups that oppose nuclear power, nuclear weapons, and/or uranium mining. These have included the Abalone Alliance, … Continue reading →

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Sierra Club

Posted on September 5, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Sierra Club is an environmental organization in the United States and in two U.S. Territories, namely Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. … Traditionally associated with the progressive movement, the club was one of the first large-scale environmental preservation organizations … Continue reading →

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Robert Smithson

Posted on April 19, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Spiral Jetty is an earthwork sculpture constructed in April 1970 that is considered to be the most important work of American sculptor Robert Smithson. Smithson documented the construction of the sculpture in a 32-minute color film also titled Spiral Jetty. … Continue reading →

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Artifacts of the Analog Era – Rex Weiner

Posted on March 12, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“As I pack the FedEx box addressed to the Interference Archive in Brooklyn, New York—a nonprofit study center for ‘objects created as part of social movements by the participants themselves: posters, flyers, publications, zines, t-shirts and buttons, audio recordings…’—I am … Continue reading →

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What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been (February 26, 1976)

Posted on December 18, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The San Francisco scene started at the Red Dog Saloon, as much as you can say it started at any one place. Most of the elements were there: rock & roll, a sort of light show, the first psychedelic dance … Continue reading →

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Back-to-the-land movement

Posted on October 4, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Maine “A back-to-the-land movement is any of various agrarian movements across different historical periods. The common thread is a call for people to take up smallholding and to grow food from the land with an emphasis on a greater degree … Continue reading →

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“Nader’s Raiders” 1968-1974

Posted on July 27, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Among notable activist ‘inventions’ of mid-twentieth century America, few were more effective in shaking up the federal establishment than Ralph Nader’s swat teams of bright young college and law school students. Loosed on official Washington in the 1960s and 1970s and … Continue reading →

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Bread and Puppet Theater in Gotham

Posted on May 3, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Uncle Fatso, Bread and Puppet Museum, Glover Vermont “On May 15, 1962, in New York City’s Judson Memorial Church, an audience assembled to see Peter Schumann’s first production in the United States, Totentanz, The Dance of Death. Schumann, a German immigrant … Continue reading →

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