tree hugger
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tree hugger - derogatory term for environmentalists who support restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation of forests

derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something

conservationist, environmentalist - someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution

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conservationist ecologist environmentalist Green naturalist Tree tree-hugger			The most famous in the first category is the Chipko movement of the early 1970s. India is a political, economic paradox: Vice President by Asian News International A case in which both men and women were involved in protecting their environment, which finds a resonance in Mda's novel, is that of the tree-hugging, or Chipko movement which began in 1972-1973 in north-west India when the local people successfully protested against the sale of three hundred ash trees to commerce. "Portmanteau biota" and ecofeminist interventions in Zakes Mda's The ... by Sewlall, Harry / Journal of Literary Studies In a speech that lasted just under an hour, Shiva touched on a range of subjects including her involvement in the Chipko movement to stop logging in the Himalayas and her attempts to prevent the United States from exerting its influence on Indian farmers. UO's law confab packs house by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)			Chionanthus Chionanthus virginicus Chionochloa conspicua chionodoxa chionomania chionophobia Chioppine Chios chip chip at chip away chip away at Chip ax chip basket Chip bonnet chip in chip log chip off chip pan chip shop chip shot chip wagon chip-based chipboard Chipewyan Chipko movement chipmaker chipmunk chipolata chipotle chipped chipped beef Chippendale chipper Chippewa Chippewa River Chippewaian Chippeways Chippewyan chippie chipping Chipping bird chipping sparrow Chipping squirrel chippings chippy chips Chirac chiragra Chiragrical chiral			Chip-on-Flex Chip-On-Loadbeam technology Chip-pan Chip-scale atomic clock Chip-scale atomic clock Chip-scale atomic clock chip-scale atomic device CHIP-SHOP Chip-Size Package Chip-Sized SAW Chip-to-Chip Chip-to-Wafer Chip/Smart Card Interface Devices Chip8 Chipa chipboard chipboard Chipcard Chipcard Chipcard Chipcard Terminal Application Program Interface Chipcom Cornerstone Networking Architecture Chipewyan Chipewyan Chipewyan Prairie First Nation Chipewyan Prairie First Nation Chipewyans Chipewyans CHIPIG Chipkill Chipko movement Chipless Method of Analysis chipless RFID chipmaker chipmakers Chipman, Daniel Chipman, Nathaniel chipmunk chipmunk chipmunk chipmunk face Chipmunk, Asiatic Chipmunks Chipmunks Chipmunks Chipola Regional Arts Association chipolata chipolatas Chipolte chipotle Chipotlé Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. Chipotle tipico chipotles CHIPP CHIPPAC Chippawa Chippawa, Ontario chipped chipped chipped

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tree hugger (redirected from Chipko movement)

tree hugger
(redirected from Chipko movement)