The artifact that I chose to discuss for environmental history is a timeline of "The Modern Environmental Movement" published by PBS. It starts off in the post World War II period, when modern environmentalism first got its start. The very first actual piece of legislation in the United States created for the means of environmentalism was the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. It was followed closely by tighter regulations on air and other types of pollution. Conservation organizations begin to then be founded in the 60's as people become more aware of the damage that is happening to the environment. After this point, environmental action and activism begins to really pick up at a remarkable pace, as people begin to realize how important the environment is and the damage that people humans are doing to it. More and more findings are published about environmental destruction, and while some progress is made in reversing the damage, the failures, unfortunately, often outweigh the victories. People need to realize that the environment is the most important thing on Earth for life, and the current historic path of ignoring its problems will eventually come back to negatively impact the Earth and everyone living on it.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/earthdays/
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