The most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned, and that is the lack of a conservation ethic in our culture. – Gaylord Nelson
Franklin Roosevelt was very concerned about environmental issues. – Gaylord Nelson
Loads of chemicals and hazardous wastes have been introduced into the atmosphere that didnt even exist in 1948. The environmental condition of the planet is far worse than it was 42 years ago. – Gaylord Nelson
In the state of Wisconsin its mandated that teachers in the social sciences and hard sciences have to start giving environmental education by the first grade, through high school. – Gaylord Nelson
The past remains integral to us all, individually and collectively. We must concede the ancients their place, as I have argued. But their place is not simply back there in a separate and foreign country; it is assimilated in ourselves, and resurrected into an ever-changing present. – David Lowenthal, The Past Is a Foreign Country