Author contends green lobby grew from 'Bambi Factor'

A new book by a Cambridge University researcher is suggesting that, far from just cute, Disney icons like Bambi, Nemo and Baloo contributed to the birth and help sustain the green lobby. In The Idea Of Nature In Disney Animation, David Whitley contends that Disney’s screen fables have been helping successive generations of children to develop “a critical awareness of contested environmental issues” ever since Snow White in 1937. At huliq.com.