Alter | 110 Jahre |
Beruf | Politiker, Rechtsanwalt, Umweltschützer |
Geburtsdatum | Sonntag, 04. Juni 1916 |
Geburtsort | Clear Lake, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Todesort | Kensington,_Maryland |
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Beschreibung | Gaylord Anton Nelson war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1959 bis 1963 Gouverneur von Wisconsin; diesen Bundesstaat vertrat er außerdem im US-Senat. Nelson war der Begründer des am 22. April 1970 ins Leben gerufenen Tages der Erde. |
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.
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.
Franklin Roosevelt was very concerned about environmental issues.
