History of environmental movement full of twists, turns

The emergence of grassroots environmentalism in the environmental movement shows that environmentalism has transformed into a maturing social movement as an ideology. With the rise of grassroots environmentalism, environmental movement has reached its peak as a social movement 1 Environmentalism driven by anger, energy and commitment to democratic process through introduction of diversity and expansion of environmentalism Grassroots environmentalism The concept strengthens the environmental movement. .2 In fact, these groups influence the movement of the environment and citizen's perception through direct actions and protest strategies.

The environmental movement in the United States includes various environmental groups, ideologies and methods. In fact, environmentalism evolved from ideology to social movement, revealing the existence of basic elements of movement 6. These factors include (1) growth of existing communication networks, (2) ideas of cooperation, (3) a series of crises triggering individual actions, (4) linking voluntary groups to one movement Organization for 7 These factors will appear throughout the four periods of the US Environment Movement.