tree hugger

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Noun1.tree hugger - derogatory term for environmentalists who support restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation of foreststree hugger - derogatory term for environmentalists who support restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation of forests
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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She showed how dance was also a language as she narrated through action and words the story of the Chipko movement for forest conservation and how village women gave their lives when they embraced trees to save them from being chopped down.
Children's Literature Festival opens with array of activities for youngsters
On Saturday, Union Minister Rajnath Singh also mocked the act by saying that Rahul Gandhi "began a Chipko movement after hugging PM Modi in the Parliament." ( ANI )
Rahul's wink proved how childish the hug was: PM Modi
Opposing this project, locals and activists have decided to initiate a 'Chipko movement in Delhi'and hug the trees at 4.30 pm on Sunday in Sarojini Nagar to express their protest.
'Chipko' movement to save over 16,000 trees in Delhi
The Chipko movement (2) was one such example (Mawdsley 1998).
The chronology of community participation in Indian forest management/Chronologie de la participation communautaire dans la gestion forestiere indienne/La cronologia de la participacion comunitaria en la gestion forestal en la India
A strong example of artist-as-advocate was Sunandita Mehrotra, with her project Revisiting the Chipko Andolan, 2013/2017, a retelling of her enriching time in the village of Rampur in Uttarakhand in 2013 with Sudesha Devi, one of the leaders of the Chipko movement of the 1970s.
"Evidence Room": Khoj International Artists' Association
Another environmental movement is the Chipko Movement in India where the main issues were deforestation and commercial logging in the Himalayan foothills and the rights of the locals to natural resources.
Are Environmental Concerns an Outcome of Post-Materialist Values? An Exploration and Alternate Perspectives
MORE than a hundred volunteers of an NGO and environmentalists of Gurugram and Faridabad started the Chipko movement in Pali area to save eco fragility of the Aravalli mountain range on Sunday.
Chipko reloaded: Volunteers turn up at the Aravallis
Girls and women channel Artemis, too, sydTas tree-saver Julia Butterfly Hill (see Last Word) and the women of the Chipko movement in India.
Make time for mother (nature)
The original Chipko movement dates back to 1730 AD and the Bishnoi community of Rajasthan.
Remembering Chipko
The Chipko movement in India (Weber, 1989), the rubber tappers of Amazonia (Hecht & Cockburn, 1989), the new green parties of Eastern Europe (Redclift, 1989), local councils promoting socially useful production in Britain (Blunkett & Jackson, 1987) and people promoting a conserver society in Australia (Trainer, 1985) are just a few elements of the growing international movement for green socialism.
Education for sustainability: assessing pathways to the future
Shiva began her journey by defending oak forests with the Chipko movement in northern India.
Farming free: an interview with Vandana Shiva: a global activist speaks out about GMOs and the misconduct of industrial agriculture
"The Chipko Movement." In: SINGH, Kumar Suresh (Ed.).
Directoras asiaticas en accion: Aparna Sen (1945)
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