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The Man from Clear Lake: Earth Day Founder Senator Gaylord Nelson

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    On Earth Day 1970 twenty million Americans displayed their commitment to a clean environment.  It used to be known as 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.
    The seemingly simple idea—a day set aside to concentrate on protecting our natural environment—used to be the brainchild of U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. It accomplished, far beyond his expectations, his lifelong goal of putting the surroundings onto the nation’s and the world’s political agendas.
    A remarkable man, Nelson ranks as considered one of history’s leading environmentalists. He also played a tremendous role as an early, outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War, and as a senate insider used to be a key player in civil rights, poverty, civil liberties and consumer protection issues.
    The life of Nelson, a small town boy who learned his values and progressive political principles at an early age, is woven in the course of the political history of the 20 th century. Nelson’s story intersects from time to time 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 at the national scene.

Winner, Elizabeth A. Steinberg Prize, University of Wisconsin Press


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