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Northern
Thunder: Our History |
This
rough chronology, a work in progress, relies largely on a 1977 paper written
by Will Fantle.
Anyone with additional memories of those days who would like to contribute to
our on-line history,
please contact Will with your information--
help us reconstruct the record of the past three decades!
Earth Day 1970
ECAEA (Eau Claire Area Ecology Action) forms as part of the statewide
response to Gaylord Nelson’s organizing of the first Earth Day celebrations.
Over the next six years, this group of students, faculty, and community members
are engaged in many projects, including:
Chippewa River pollution
monitoring
Campus/dorm recycling
(establishment of programs)
Community recycling (establishment
of programs)
Nuclear Power/the Tyrone
Energy Park (resistance)
Eco-News (1973, monthly
newsletter)
Earth Day 1975 ECAEA Celebration
includes David Brower
Work for bottle
bill (1975) which is, sadly, defeated
Discussions about broadening the focus of the group lead to . .
.
Earth
Day 1976, the ECAEA announces they will change their name to Northern
Thunder and will broaden the group's focus to include progressive social issues
in addition to environmental work.
Over the next several years, however, Wisconsin's environment remains high in
the list of priorities for Northern Thunder's work.
Ladysmith Mine (Kennecott)
Nuclear Power/Tyrone
EP work on-going
NT sponsors a Minnesota-Wisconsin
Activists Conference
NT presence at the Seabrook
demonstrations
Northern Sun Alliance
is founded
Indian Treaty Rights
Upcoming . . . 1977 to the present!
Visit the NT
Archives on the Wisconsin Stewardship Network site.
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