Ikologiks - Historical Timeline 1955-1970

The Ikologiks Historical Timeline
The Journey from the Bronx Environmental Society, Inc. ....
to "Ecologics" ... to "Ikologiks"
& "Ikologiks Center for Global Studies"
Part 1: 1955 - 1970

Founded 1979 - Incorporated 1989

The period from 1955 to 19

was not

exactly a

significant period

the development of the

current

theory of

Ikologiks

However, the embryonic seeds

planted during

these years and the

events

surrounding the early

life of

Roger

Davis

(Adisaji)

did lay a

foundation

for the

ultimate

creation of

Ikologiks theory.

The

1960s

era of anti-war protest,

civil

disobedience, non-

violent social

action, black power movement, and

the post-

World War II

bipolar

divisions of the

Soviet

Union and

USA marked

dramatic period

world history. This

epoch of history

made it

ripe for the development of

new

ideas and

approaches to

world

wide

institutions of

trade

and global

gover

ance. Th

us, the Trilateral Movement, WTO, and

the EU were significant

indicators of this trend that in the 21st Century seems destined to produce a "one world government."

In 1970 the seeds began to sprout when Roger Davis was inspired by the social activism surrounding him as a youth and

became interested in ecology and environmental movement. The founding of the Bronx Environmental Society, Inc. in 1970

and the introduction of the term 'Black Ecology' marked the beginning of what soon would lead to the work of the Ikologiks

Center for Global Studies.

In the summer of 1970 Davis attended a youth leadership development program in White Plains, NY (Encampment for

Citizenship) where he chaired the environment committee. It was during this program that he was able to consolidate his

ideas for the creation of not only the BES, Inc. but the publishing of a Journal Magazine he entitled 'The Millennium.' Today,

that journal has returned as the Official Journal of the Ikologiks Center for Global Studies. The early issues of the publication

focused on the emerging theory of 'Black Ecology' and his quest to broaden the lens of the then narrowly defined

ecology/environmental movement to include environmental justice and issues of human ecology.

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1955 - 1970

1970