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Brian Minter: Every day is Earth Day
27.06.2023 - 10:44 / theprovince.com
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In the 1960s and ‘70s, I remember well how most of us thought the early environmentalists were really quite radical. Many of us labelled their demonstrations and publicity events around the world as “over-the-top” and “way-out-of-line.”
How ironic, as we celebrate Earth Day this week, that we finally acknowledge how far ahead of their time they were, and how they could so clearly see what we so clearly couldn’t, or wouldn’t. As we are now suffering the consequences of our inaction and lack of foresight, we need to recognize their brilliance and courage in trying to attract our attention when it was needed the most.
Although we now embrace Earth Day, many of us have little knowledge of where and when it originated.
In the 1960s, as forward-thinking environmentalists were making a strong case for stopping outrageous pollution, for cleaning up our oceans, for protecting our fresh water supplies and for preventing further loss of wildlife habitat, there was one American politician who was paying close attention. As reported by Jack Lewis, an assistant editor of the EPA Journal (The Spirit of the First Earth Day, Jan./Feb. 1990 edition), Gaylord Nelson, a senator from Wisconsin, had become very frustrated with his fellow congressional colleagues who had little, if any, interest in environmental issues. Nelson was instrumental in making a connection between the environmental activists, the public and the American Congress.
After a speech in Seattle in September 1969, voicing his environmental concerns, he received unprecedented coverage in Newsweek and
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