The First Green Wave: Pollution Probe and the Origins of Environmental Activism in Ontario

by Ryan O'Connor

Book Overview

In The First Green Wave, Ryan O'Connor traces the rise of the environmental movement in Toronto, home to one of Canada's earliest and most dynamic communities of environmental activists, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. At the heart of the story is Pollution Probe, an organization founded in 1969 by students and faculty at the University of Toronto. Living up to its motto ("Do it!") in its first year of operation, Pollution Probe confronted Toronto's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774828099
• ISBN13: 9780774828093
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"