An unprecedented study of environmentalism, environmental movements, and efforts at "greening" across the globe, written by culturally embedded scholars with both academic expertise and first-hand experience with grassroots advocacy. • Features country-based case studies of environmental movements to provide representative research data from different world regions • Provides a cross-discipline perspective from the fields of ecology, environmental studies, political science, international relations, history, sociology, and geography • Compiles a full picture of environmental, green, and conservation movements from around the globe, including nations such as Brazil, China, Germany, India, Israel, New Zealand, Nigeria, and Russia