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 |
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... lakes left by the glaciers . Three small lakes - Mud Lake on the east and Big Clear Lake and Little Clear Lake on the west - bordered the village.2 Polk County , named for President James Polk , was formed in 1853 . Its 598,400 acres ...
... Clear Lake to do something similar on every approach to the village , with the Girl Scouts , Boy Scouts , local government , and others pitching in to plant the trees . Gaylord , age twelve or thirteen , took his idea to the Clear Lake ...
... Clear Lake , more than five hun- dred people turned out in a village of seven hundred to give their home- town boy a big sendoff . Minnesota Governor Orville Freeman was the main speaker , and the Polk County Democratic organization ...
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