Gaylord Nelson Legacy

“Conservation is a cause that has no end. There is no point at which we will say our work is finished.”

-Rachel Carson, on accepting the Audubon Medal (National Audubon Society) in 1964.

Walter Mondale Legacy

“In the 19th century, we devoted our best minds to exploring nature. In the 20th century, we devoted ourselves to controlling and harnessing it. In the 21st century, we must devote ourselves to restoring it.”

-Stephen Ambrose, Historian

Earth Day

“The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.”

-Ross Perot

Partner Projects

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

Actions I Can Take

“Anything else you’re interested in is not going to happen if you can’t breathe the air and drink the water.

Don’t sit this one out. Do something. You are by accident of fate alive at an absolutely critical moment in the history of our planet.”

-Dr. Carl Sagan