How to Move a Movement

Living on Earth

The Natural Resources Defense Council opened its doors on the same day the country celebrated its first Earth Day. NRDC president John Adams remembers that day clearly, as he was its only member at the time. He talks with host Steve Curwood about the changes he’s observed within the environmental movement since that first hopeful day.

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