Human history is one of relentless environmental
creation, modification, manipulation and
destruction. Since the 19th century, concerns over
protecting the environment against harm caused by
human actions have been raised. Several environmental
movements are apparent, leading to consistent
re-examination of interpretation and perception
in environmental thought, as well as its relation to
man and its values. One significant movement is
the manifesto of environmentalism, which will be
the focus of the paper along with the linkages
between environmentalist thought and landscape
architecture. This article is divided into four sections:
‘Defining environmentalism and related terms’;
‘Brief history of environmentalism’; ‘Environmental
ethics’; and finally, ‘Some linkages between
the environmentalism, environmental ethics and
landscape architecture’.