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'''Environmentalism''' is the goal of keeping the environment intact in near or far future. | '''Environmentalism''' is the goal of keeping the environment intact in near or far future. Similar to [[eugenics]], its proponents tend to be ideological and tend to get overly enthusiastic due to runaway [[virtue signaling]] and may overlook the difficulties involved, for example, that discouraging procreation will create [[incels]] and completely demotivated males. | ||
==History of anti-natalism in environmentalism== | ==History of anti-natalism in environmentalism== | ||
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In the 90s, at least one environmentalist became even more radically anti-copulation. A member of Zero Population Growth named Les Knight launched the ''Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT)'' with the goal of “Phasing out the human race by voluntarily ceasing to breed”. He launched a 1996 website explaining his goals.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/14/anti-natalists-childfree-population-climate-change</ref> | In the 90s, at least one environmentalist became even more radically anti-copulation. A member of Zero Population Growth named Les Knight launched the ''Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT)'' with the goal of “Phasing out the human race by voluntarily ceasing to breed”. He launched a 1996 website explaining his goals.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/14/anti-natalists-childfree-population-climate-change</ref> | ||
==Politics== | |||
Until the 1990s, environmentalism was mainly a bipartisan concern. Republicans Richard Nixon (EPA, clean air act, clean water act etc) and Theodore Roosevelt (U.S Forest Service, etc) passed the most comprehensive environmental bills of our time with broad bipartisan congressional support. Other notable conservatives who spoke in favor of environmentalism include Margret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater, William Ruckelshaus, Gifford Pinchot, Russell Train, and Sherwood Boehlert. | |||
== Environmentalism and the future == | == Environmentalism and the future == | ||