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“We presently have the technology ... fuel cells, solar cells, hydrogen ... the opportunities are amazing for clean energy.”

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Denis Hayes

Denis Hayes, born in 1944, is a well-known figure whose profession and category remain unknown. His biography, achievements, and influence are limited due to insufficient information. more

“The easiest way to make something cool is to get cool people to do it. Part of this might mean the president has to forget tensions with opponents, or people like Arnold Schwarzenegger who has actually been decent with oil issues. Maybe he needs to pull some of the cool people in and make them model the right behaviors.”

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“When we held the first Earth Day, everyone said it was a success because of the huge turnout. It was probably the largest planned event across the country.”

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“We got everyone's attention, but we didn't solve any environmental problems.”

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“There really wasn't an environmental movement 30 years ago. The Sierra Club national office in 1969 consisted of one full-time volunteer.”

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“Make Earth Day Every Day.” While we might not always live up to this ideal, I try to keep this quote from Denis Hayes, founder of the Earth Day Network and president of Seattle’s Bullitt Foundation, in mind when I need a little extra motivation to be a better environmentalist: “Listen up, you couch potatoes: each recycled beer can saves enough electricity to run a television for three hours.”

“We are able to breathe, drink, and eat in comfort because millions of organisms and hundreds of processes are operating to maintain a liveable environment, but we tend to take nature's services for granted because we don't pay money for most of them.”

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