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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... land holdings , at a time when a growing population and new mobility by automobile were putting increasing pressure on scarce public lands . Its adoption put Wisconsin in the fore- front of conservation programs in the nation . It was ...
... land grab of tribal holdings . They even objected to including any land which had previously been part of the reservation , but which had been sold to nontribal owners , because the tribes might someday reacquire the lands . They ...
... land ethic : " A land ethic , then , reflects the existence of an ecological conscience , and this in turn reflects a conviction of individual responsibility for the health of the land . " The land ethic " changes the role of Homo ...
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