The Man from Clear Lake: Earth Day Founder Senator Gaylord NelsonOn 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. More than 1 billion people now participate in annual Earth Day activities. The seemingly simple idea—a day set aside to focus on protecting our natural environment—was the brainchild of U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. It accomplished, far beyond his expectations, his lifelong goal of putting the environment onto the nation’s and the world’s political agendas. The life of Nelson, a small-town boy who learned his values and progressive political principles at an early age, is woven through the political history of the twentieth century. Nelson’s story intersects at times with Fighting Bob La Follette, Joe McCarthy, and Bill Proxmire in Wisconsin, and with George McGovern, Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Russell Long, Walter Mondale, John F. Kennedy, and others on the national scene. Winner, Elizabeth A. Steinberg Prize, University of Wisconsin Press |
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... Trail and had never been on the trail in his life . But when he learned , in a chance encounter at a cocktail party , that the trail was in danger , Nelson be- came its champion . Nelson was still in his freshman year in the Senate when ...
... Trail and had never been on the trail in his life . But when he learned , in a chance encounter at a cocktail party , that the trail was in danger , Nelson be- came its champion . Nelson was still in his freshman year in the Senate when ...
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... Trail in all parts of America . " 6 Nelson , less concerned about credit than results , readily agreed to put the president out front . He enlisted ... Trails One of the fourteen scenic trails designated Saving the Appalachian Trail · 211.
... Trail in all parts of America . " 6 Nelson , less concerned about credit than results , readily agreed to put the president out front . He enlisted ... Trails One of the fourteen scenic trails designated Saving the Appalachian Trail · 211.
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... Trail . Double the length of the Appalachian Trail , it was des- ignated a national scenic trail in 1980. Twenty years later , about seven- teen hundred miles of the trail had been completed . It will eventually be the nation's longest ...
... Trail . Double the length of the Appalachian Trail , it was des- ignated a national scenic trail in 1980. Twenty years later , about seven- teen hundred miles of the trail had been completed . It will eventually be the nation's longest ...
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