The Man from Clear Lake: Earth Day Founder Senator Gaylord Nelson On Earth Day 1970 twenty million Americans displayed their commitment to a clean environment. It was called the largest demonstration in human history, and it permanently changed the nation’s political agenda. By Earth Day 2000 participation had exploded to 500 million people in 167 countries. Winner, Elizabeth A. Steinberg Prize, University of Wisconsin Press |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 65
... American history . It may be the birth date of a new American ethic that rejects the frontier philosophy that the continent was put here for our plunder , and accepts the idea that even urbanized , affluent , mo- bile societies are ...
... American Motors.18 When Nelson's reelection campaign began the next year , a lawyer who was helping raise money for Nelson asked a contact at American Motors to sell some tickets for a Nelson fund - raising dinner . The American Motors ...
... American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ) , 198 American Federation of State , County and Municipal Employees ( AFSCME ) , 52 American Heritage , 7 American Medical Association ( AMA ) , 256 , 259 American Motors , 192-93 Americans for ...
Other editions - View all
The Man from Clear Lake: Earth Day Founder Senator Gaylord Nelson Bill Christofferson Limited preview - 2009 |