barry commoner and the environmental movement

By alexasw

  • Birth of Barry Commoner

    -born in brooklyn
    -zoology degree
    -phd from harvard
    -WWII lieutenant
    -plant professor at WashU

  • nuclear testing

    led the baby tooth survey
    looked from strontium-90
    led to partial nuclear test ban
    12 out of 3,000 had cancer before 50

  • first earth day

    first earth day in 1970
    national "teach in"
    Commoner dubbed face of it
    a scientist with a classroom of millions

  • four laws of ecology

    1) everything is connected to everything else
    2) everything must go somewhere
    3) nature knows best
    4) there is no such thing as a free lunch