Environmental Movement in Korea and Its Political Empowerment
Author(s)
Lee, See-jae
Abstract
Traces the growth of the environmental movement in Alaska from the 1950’s to the 1970’s. With statehood in 1957, Alaska attracted economic investments that alarmed some residents over such issues as deforestation, the pollution of rivers, and nuclear power plants. In 1960 these residents formed the Alaska Conservation Society (ACS), the first such organization in Alaska; it was ultimately limited by its single-state focus, however, as the environmental movement reached national levels. In 1968 the more militant Sierra Club, expanding its scope from its original California base, began establishing Alaska chapters. Philosophical differences among the ACS, the Sierra Club, and the Wilderness Society led to the formation of regional centers in the early 1970’s with an “organizational structure that reconciled the varied elements of Alaskan environmentalism.”
