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One accepted the Nobel Peace Prize for her commitment to Kenya’s forests; one was murdered for protecting the forests of Brazil. One proclaimed his message in drawings on the front pages of the nation’s newspapers; one made his statement in waders on the banks of the Nisqually River. One walked thousands of miles on a lifelong journey of self-discovery; one seldom left her suburban Maryland home. One directed our attention to the natural rhythms of a small Wisconsin farm; one asked us to consider the entire globe as our backyard.
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John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage, Memorial Edition (New York: Harper & Row, 1964). Although the book lists the author as John F. Kennedy, it is now widely acknowledged that Ted Sorensen contributed substantially to all aspects of the book’s research, writing, and editing.
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Ibid., 18.
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Wangari Maathai, Nobel lecture; available at: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2004/maathai-lecture-text.html.
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Trova Heffernan, Where the Salmon Run: The Life and Legacy of Billy Frank Jr. (Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2012), 206.
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Lyrics to “The Garden Song,” made famous by Pete Seeger and written in 1975 by David Mallett.
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Nielsen, L.A. (2017). Introduction. In: Nature’s Allies. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-797-1_1
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