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Media Advisory - Earth Day founder to speak

October 28, 2004

What: Earth Day founder Denis Hayes will be the keynote speaker at “Our Living World: The Challenge of Our Times,” an environmental conference at UIS.

When & Where: Thursday, October 28

9:30 a.m. – Studio Theatre, lower level, Public Affairs Center
“Saving the Earth: What We Can Do Working Together” 

7:30 p.m. – Brookens Auditorium, lower level, Brookens Library
“35 Years After Earth Day: How Are We Doing?”

Details: In 1970, Hayes was national coordinator of the first Earth Day, often credited with launching the modern environmental movement. Look magazine selected him as one of the 2000 most influential Americans of the 20th century and, in a similar list, the National Audubon Society named him one of the 100 most important conservation figures. 

Conference sponsor is the World Affairs Council of Central Illinois, in cooperation with the UIS Biology, Environmental Studies, and Political Studies academic programs, and the College of Public Affairs and Administration at UIS.