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Beyond Earth Day : fulfilling the promise

Title
Beyond Earth Day : fulfilling the promise / Gaylord Nelson with Susan Campbell and Paul Wozniak ; with a foreword by Robert Kennedy, Jr.
Author
Nelson, Gaylord, 1916-2005.
Publication
Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, [2002], ©2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Campbell, Susan, 1965-
  • Wozniak, Paul R.
Description
xx, 201 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
  • "Gaylord Nelson is known and respected throughout the world as a founding father of the modern environmental movement and creator of Earth Day, the most influential public awareness campaign ever undertaken on behalf of global stewardship.".
  • "Now in the twilight of his career, Nelson offers guidance to a new generation. With the same eloquence that rallied the public more than thirty years ago, he details today's most crucial environmental concerns - from species and habitat losses to global climate change and population growth. Ever hopeful, Nelson outlines a compelling strategy for the planet and inspires citizens to reassert the environment as a national priority.".
  • "A book for anyone who cares deeply about our environment and wants to know what we can and must do now to save it. Beyond Earth Day is a classic guide by one of the natural world's great defenders."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Earth Day
  • Environmentalism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-189) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. -- Pt. 1. The Earth and Its Day. Ch. 1. Earth Day: When the People Spoke. Ch. 2. Report Card on the Earth -- Pt. 2. Imperiled Planet. Ch. 3. Windows on the World. Ch. 4. Vanishing Resources. Ch. 5. An Invisible Threat -- Pt. 3. Environmentalism: Then and Now. Ch. 6. Complacent Planet? -- Pt. 4. An Environmental Agenda for the Twenty-first Century. Ch. 7. Achieving Sustainability. App. 1. Letter to John F. Kennedy -- App. 2. Introduction to "Environmental Agenda for Earth Day 1970"
ISBN
0299180409 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2002002806
OCLC
  • ocm49260708
  • SCSB-4316507
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries