"Green building" movement
Books by Victor Olgyay (Design with Climate) and Ralph Knowles (Form and Stability ) pioneer a “green building” movement among architects and designers.
Books by Victor Olgyay (Design with Climate) and Ralph Knowles (Form and Stability ) pioneer a “green building” movement among architects and designers.
The American forestry scientist and wildlife researcher Aldo Leopold publishes his book A Sand County Almanac.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is founded. Today, it is considered the world’s largest conservation organization.
Egon Glesinger publishes his study on the global importance of wood as a raw material.
Paul Sarasin delivers his address “Über die Aufgaben des Weltnaturschutzes” (On Tasks of the World Nature Protection Movement).
The world’s first forestry school, located in the Saxon city of Tharandt, attracts students from all over Europe.
British economist Thomas Robert Malthus warns of the dangers of overpopulation.
In his 1791 work, Georg Ludwig Hartig advocates a new strategy for sustainable forest management.
One of the first comprehensive forest surveys takes place in the duchy of Saxe-Weimar.
The model calls for the inclusion of diverse plant species at various stages of growth in forests with a view to reproducing the conditions of an indigenous forest.