Environmental Studies - History

History

Middlebury College became the first institution of higher education in the United States to offer an Environmental Studies major, establishing the major in 1965.

The Environmental Studies Association of Canada (ESAC) was established in 1993 "to further research and teaching activities in areas related to environmental studies in Canada". ESAC's magazine, Alternatives Journal was first published by Robert A. Paehlke on July 4, 1971.

The Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) was founded in 2008 as the first professional association in the interdisciplinary field of environmental studies in the United States. The Association's scholarly journal, Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences (JESS), edited by Walter A. Rosenbaum, commenced publication in March 2011.

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