Karen Unger : On Earth Day , liberals and conservatives show up on conservation . Girls were also urged to apply to natural resources the principles of conservation practiced at home , recognizing that `` in this United States of ours we have cut down too many trees and our forests are fast following the buffalo . '' But conservative women were early conservation ##ists because of roles as mothers . She says they held traditional roles as mothers of children , etc . Unger : Men criticized them as frivolous , but women decried men rapaciously damaging Earth .
Karen Unger : On Earth Day , liberals and conservatives show up on conservation . But conservative women were early conservation ##ists because of roles as mothers . She says they held traditional roles as mothers of children , etc . Unger : Men criticized them as frivolous , but women decried men rapaciously damaging Earth .