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'''Environmentalists''' refers to people who claim to be concerned about protecting the environment and believe that legal limitations should be put on human use of the Earth's natural environment and resources. Many environmental organizations and movements have been used for political purposes with other objectives than direct concern for the environment or environmentalism. <ref>[http://www.attacreport.com/ar_terror/tframe.php?region=namerica&group=gp ATTAC Terror Report]</ref>

'''Environmentalists''' refers to people who claim to be concerned about protecting the environment and believe that legal limitations should be put on human use of the Earth's natural environment and resources. Many environmental organizations and movements have been used for political purposes with other objectives than direct concern for the environment or environmentalism. <ref>[http://www.attacreport.com/ar_terror/tframe.php?region=namerica&group=gp ATTAC Terror Report]</ref>

[[Conservative]] environmental organizations such as the [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[National Rifle Association]] and the [[United Kingdom|British]] Countryside Alliance are generally more concerned with the reality of life in the rural environment than with the ideologically driven environmentalism of the [[Leftist|left]].

==Save the trees==

 

American Pop Star [[Sheryl Crow]], while touring the [[United States]] to raise consciousness about [[global warming]] and forest conservation made international headlines by calling for regulation of how much toilet paper an individual may use. <ref>''Washington Post'', [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/21/AR2007042101385_pf.html Saving the Earth: The Biodiesel Bus Blog], April 22, 2007. </ref>

American Pop Star [[Sheryl Crow]], while touring the [[United States]] to raise consciousness about [[global warming]] and forest conservation made international headlines by calling for regulation of how much toilet paper an individual may use. <ref>''Washington Post'', [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/21/AR2007042101385_pf.html Saving the Earth: The Biodiesel Bus Blog], April 22, 2007. </ref>

<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6583067.stm  ''Crow calls for limit on loo paper''], 23 April 2007. </ref>  Crow told ABC's ''Good Morning America'',

<ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6583067.stm  ''Crow calls for limit on loo paper''], 23 April 2007. </ref>  Crow told ABC's ''Good Morning America'',

:"I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting."''

{{Cquote|I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting.}}

''Good Morning America'' in May 2007 interviewed Colin Beaven, <ref>[http://noimpactman.typepad.com/ ''A little on political action, a little on TP''], NO Impact Man, 11 may 2007.</ref> a liberal New Yorker and environmentalist so concerned he has sworn off the use toilet paper. Beaven has extended his [[crusade]] against despoiling the planet by refusing to buy anything in packaging, will not use any form of transportation even including  elevators, and insists that all his food be grown within 250 miles.  Interviwer [[Diane Sawyer]] responded, "It really makes sense to me." <ref>''Good Morning Amverica, ''Family Goes Extreme Green for a Year'', May. 10, 2007.</ref>

 

In modern times, the environmentalist movement has taken on a new age religious philosophy. In fact, this belief system is considered to be the religion of choice for urban [[Atheism|atheists]] and is one of the most powerful religions in the Western World.

In modern times, the environmentalist movement has taken on a new age religious philosophy. In fact, this belief system is considered to be the religion of choice for urban [[Atheism|atheists]] and is one of the most powerful religions in the Western World.