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'''David Ross Brower''' was a prominent environmentalist and the founder of many environmental organizations, including:
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'''David Ross Brower''' was a prominent [[environmentalist]] and the founder of many environmental organizations, including:
 
*[[John Muir Institute for Environmental Studies]] (1997)
 
*[[John Muir Institute for Environmental Studies]] (1997)
 
*[[Friends of the Earth]] (1969)
 
*[[Friends of the Earth]] (1969)
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From 1952 to 1969, he served as the first Executive Director of the [[Sierra Club]].
 
From 1952 to 1969, he served as the first Executive Director of the [[Sierra Club]].
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==The Population Bomb==
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He asked [[Paul Ehrlich]] to write the [[book]]: ''[[The Population Bomb]]'', to influence the [[1968 presidential election]].<ref>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/book-incited-worldwide-fear-overpopulation-180967499/</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 01:45, 28 December 2023

Person.png David Brower  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(environmentalist)
David Brower.jpg
Born1 July 1912
Berkeley, California
Died5 November 2000 (Age 88)
Berkeley, California
NationalityAmerican
Considered by many to be the father of the modern environmental movement.[1]

David Ross Brower was a prominent environmentalist and the founder of many environmental organizations, including:

From 1952 to 1969, he served as the first Executive Director of the Sierra Club.

The Population Bomb

He asked Paul Ehrlich to write the book: The Population Bomb, to influence the 1968 presidential election.[2]


 

A Quote by David Brower

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Sierra Club“Childbearing [should be] a punishable crime against society, unless the parents hold a government license... All potential parents [should be] required to use contraceptive chemicals, the government issuing antidotes to citizens chosen for childbearing.”
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