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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... later in his political career , he did not try again . At Clear Lake High School , Happy Nelson was a leading athlete , growing to five feet eleven and 170 pounds by his senior year . In a high school of 140 students , he was a little ...
... later , " because I was intimately involved in these men and their treatment and on the receiving end in a sense myself . It amounted to being a straw boss in a very ugly , discrimi- natory system . " Fleming , who was with Nelson both ...
... later , Green Thumb had grown to be the nation's leading provider of community service training and employment opportunities for both older and disadvantaged workers.17 The Teacher Corps was such a good idea it was appropriated by the ...
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