Gaylord Nelson Quotes

Gaylord Nelson — American Politician born on June 04, 1916, died on July 03, 2005

Gaylord Anton Nelson was an American politician from Wisconsin who served as a United States Senator and governor. A Democrat, he was the founder of Earth Day, which launched a new wave of environmental activism... (wikipedia)

In the state of Wisconsin it's mandated that teachers in the social sciences and hard sciences have to start giving environmental education by the first grade, through high school.

The most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned, and that is the lack of a conservation ethic in our culture.

If we continue to address the issue of the environment where we live as though we're the only species that lives here, we'll create a disaster for ourselves.

Franklin Roosevelt was very concerned about environmental issues.

Loads of chemicals and hazardous wastes have been introduced into the atmosphere that didn't even exist in 1948. The environmental condition of the planet is far worse than it was 42 years ago.

Gaylord Nelson Quotes

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