
A Movement of the People
The Roots of Environmental Education and Advocacy in Alabama
Katie Lamar Jackson(Author)
The University of Alabama Press
Published on 30. September 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-8173-5902-7 (ISBN)
Description
How a grassroots movement led primarily by women shaped Alabama's environmental consciousness. A Movement of the People: The Roots of Environmental Education and Advocacy in Alabama is a detailed history of the Alabama Environmental Quality Association (AEQA). The AEQA helped to establish groundbreaking environmental protection and natural resource preservation policies for the state and the region and grew into one of the nation's most progressive environmental education efforts. The AEQA began in 1966 with the relatively simple political action agenda of cleaning up unsightly and unsanitary roadside trash. These inspired citizens collaborated with civic leaders to identify and remove illegal rural dumps and create more regulated landfills statewide. Eventually they became involved in the i?1/2Keep America Beautifuli?1/2 campaign and with the US Public Health Service in its attempt to rid the state of the yellow-fever mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti , which breeds in standing, fetid water. The acme of these early efforts was the passage of Alabama's Solid Waste Disposal Law of 1969, one of the nation's first such bills. The AEQA's dedicated staff and supporters spearheaded other environmental projects, many of which remain active today, such as recycling programs with industry giants throughout the Southeast and the founding of the Bartram Trail Conference, a multistate initiative to identify and preserve the path that Quaker botanist William Bartram took through the territory before its formation into states. Using recorded interviews with Martha McInnis, executive vice president of the AEQA, and full access to a meticulously preserved archive of the organization's papers and artifacts, Katie Lamar Jackson relates this previously untold story of remarkable i?1/2citizen activism.i?1/2 A Movement of the People is a valuable account of the organization's growth and advancement, both economically and societally, which serves as a blueprint for successful civic activism and grassroots organizing.
Reviews / Votes
An interesting and unique perspective on environmentalism in Alabama. A valuable addition to the history of Alabama's environmental movement."" - Robert W. Hastings, author of The Lakes of Pontchartrain: Their History and Environments and recipient of the 2015 Special Service Award of the National Sierra Club""This book documents the process by which lay people affected public policy in an important area for the state of Alabama. I found it interesting reading and accurate from my view of the movement."" - Milla D. Boschung, dean of the College of Human Environmental Sciences at the University of Alabama
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Alabama
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: From Fourth Grade to Twelfth Grade
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
25 black & white figures, 1 map
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
159 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8173-5902-7 (9780817359027)
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Katie Lamar Jackson
Movement of the People
The Roots of Environmental Education and Advocacy in Alabama
E-Book
09/2017
1st Edition
University of Alabama Press
€63.99
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Persons
Katie Lamar Jackson is a journalist and photographer. She retired from the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station at Auburn University, where she managed all publications and marketing activities.