Grade Range: K-12Resource Type(s): Primary Source, ArtifactsDate Posted: 4/22/2010
The Environmental Movement
This button depicts the ecology symbol, a small letter “e” inside the larger letter “O,” the letters standing for “environment” and “organism.” Cartoonist Ron Cobb invented the symbol in 1969. The ecology symbol appeared in a green U.S. flag for the first time in the April 21, 1970 issue of Look magazine.
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The U.S.D.A. Forest Service introduced Woodsy Owl in 1971 as an anti-litter and anti-pollut...
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A biography of Lady Bird Johnson, who, as the wife of President Lyndon Johnson, reminded citizens...
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