March 1, 2020
On April 22, 1970, an estimated 20 million people came together in virtually every city, town, village and crossroad in the country for the world’s first Earth Day, an event coordinated by Denis Hayes
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Denis Hayes: Known for leading the first Earth Day and heading the Bullitt Foundation
It’s not often you meet someone who says they face each day excited about the work that lies before them. So it is with Denis Hayes, prominent environmental activist, national coordinator of the first Earth Day and president of the Seattle-based Bullitt Foundation since 1992.