Technicians or volunteers: Who must abide by the ideals of environmentalism?
The environmental movement is composed of a variety of groups ranging from very large, bureaucratic, and well-funded institutes to unaffiliated grass-root organizations with little or no pay, no perks, and little hierarchical structure. Independent of structure, both types of organizations share a basic philosophical ideal, which is, due to environmental necessity, that an uncompromising position on the environment is needed. However, to accomplish their goals, bureaucratic and grass-root organizations have evolved their own distinctive and often conflicting operating philosophies. The philosophies are composed of varying degrees of two elements: wilderness fundamentalism and professionalism. Incorporating criticisms from an insider who has worked full time on wilderness issues for more than 20 yr, this paper reviews the way that these two elements are challenging basic philosophical ideals among bureaucratic and grass-roots organizations.
- OSTI ID:
- 552541
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-971125-; ISSN 0003-018X; TRN: 97:005809-0235
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 77; Conference: 1997 American Nuclear Society (ANS) winter meeting, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 16-20 Nov 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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