Beyond Earth Day: Fulfilling the Promise - Softcover

Nelson, Gaylord; Campbell, Susan; Wozniak, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0299180441 ISBN 13: 9780299180447

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 2012

Synopsis

Gaylord Nelson's legacy is known and respected throughout the world. He was a founding father of the modern environmental movement and creator of one of the most influential public awareness campaigns ever undertaken on behalf of global environmental stewardship: Earth Day.     Nelson died in 2005, but his message in this book is still timely and urgent, delivered with the same eloquence with which he articulated the nation's environmental ills throughout the decades. He details the planet's most critical concerns - from species and habitat losses to global climate change and population growth. In outlining strategies for planetary health, Nelson inspires citizens to reassert environmentalism as a national priority. Included in this reprint is a new preface by Gaylord Nelson's daughter, Tia Nelson.

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Review

""Beyond Earth Day" ought to be required reading for all citizens of planet Earth. In a crisp, clear readable style, Nelson provides a sobering analysis of the environmental challenges we face and what we must do to maintain our quality of life and the long-term health of our world."--Mike Dombeck, former chief, U.S. Forest Service

"The life of the planet and all of its inhabitants have been positively affected by the extraordinary vision and work of Senator Gaylord Nelson. The remarkable agenda he put forth in 1970 is ever more salient today, his wisdom and words needed now more than ever."--Paul G. Hawken, Natural Capital Institute, author of "The Ecology of Commerce"

"With his coauthors, [and] Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who provides a rousing foreword, [Gaylord Nelson] presents exceptionally lucid explanations of a host of current ecoissues, and calls for a renewed effort to keep these potentially catastrophic predicaments visible and their possible solutions viable through education and citizen action."--"Booklist"

With his coauthors, [and] Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who provides a rousing foreword, [Gaylord Nelson] presents exceptionally lucid explanations of a host of current ecoissues, and calls for a renewed effort to keep these potentially catastrophic predicaments visible and their possible solutions viable through education and citizen action. "Booklist""

"Beyond Earth Day" ought to be required reading for all citizens of planet Earth. In a crisp, clear readable style, Nelson provides a sobering analysis of the environmental challenges we face and what we must do to maintain our quality of life and the long-term health of our world. Mike Dombeck, former chief, U.S. Forest Service"

The life of the planet and all of its inhabitants have been positively affected by the extraordinary vision and work of Senator Gaylord Nelson. The remarkable agenda he put forth in 1970 is ever more salient today, his wisdom and words needed now more than ever. Paul G. Hawken, Natural Capital Institute, author of "The Ecology of Commerce""

With his coauthors, [and] Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who provides a rousing foreword, [Gaylord Nelson] presents exceptionally lucid explanations of a host of current ecoissues, and calls for a renewed effort to keep these potentially catastrophic predicaments visible and their possible solutions viable through education and citizen action. Booklist

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Beyond Earth Day ought to be required reading for all citizens of planet Earth. In a crisp, clear readable style, Nelson provides a sobering analysis of the environmental challenges we face and what we must do to maintain our quality of life and the long-term health of our world. Mike Dombeck, former chief, U.S. Forest Service

"

The life of the planet and all of its inhabitants have been positively affected by the extraordinary vision and work of Senator Gaylord Nelson. The remarkable agenda he put forth in 1970 is ever more salient today, his wisdom and words needed now more than ever. Paul G. Hawken, Natural Capital Institute, author of The Ecology of Commerce

"

"With his coauthors, [and] Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who provides a rousing foreword, [Gaylord Nelson] presents exceptionally lucid explanations of a host of current ecoissues, and calls for a renewed effort to keep these potentially catastrophic predicaments visible and their possible solutions viable through education and citizen action."--Booklist

About the Author

Gaylord Nelson (1916-2005) was governor of Wisconsin, served in the U.S. Senate from 1963 to 1981, and worked for the Wilderness Society. He originated the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995 for his contributions to the environmental protection movement. Susan Campbell, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is communications manager for the Alliance for the Great Lakes. Paul A. Wozniak is a member of the Board of Governors at the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame and a Wisconsin conservation historian. Tia Nelson is executive secretary to the Wisconsin Board of Comissioners of Public Lands. She worked for many years at the Nature Conservancy and is a past recipient of the Environmental Protection Agency's 'Climate Protection Award.'

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0299180441
• ISBN 13: 9780299180447
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 226