The idea is supported by his career, which led him to become, in the opinion of many experts, the Father of Environmentalism, since he created the term Environment.

Andrea Wulf, an Indian-born, British-based scientist, is somewhat part of the idea with research done, which has promotional support from the Head of Operations and Director of Communications at the Friends of Humboldt Foundation in United States based in Washington, Ilonka Oszvald.

Wulf – quoted by the digital site Tiempo.Com – stated that “before Humboldt, nature was seen as a rigid, mechanical system, in which each plant or animal had a very specific place, but he discovered that the Earth is an organism I live in which everything is interrelated”.

Humboldt -born on a day like today in 1769- warned that human action could affect nature, hence he is seen as the first scientist in the world who visualized climate change.

Promoting September 14 as World Environmentalism Day is an act of justice to pay tribute to all his contribution to humanity.

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