If the name Doug La Follette rings a bell, it should; he has successfully and diligently served the people of Wisconsin for many years as secretary of state by monitoring lobbying activities and investigating ethics violations. What many may not know is that he is an ardent supporter of education and the environment as well.
As an assistant professor at UW-Parkside, La Follette was a Wisconsin organizer of the first Earth Day for Gaylord Nelson in 1970. He also co-founded Wisconsin’s Environmental Decade, now known as Clean Wisconsin. In addition to the outstanding job he’s done as secretary of state, La Follette is the author of The Survival Handbook: A Strategy for Saving Planet Earth, has served on the board of directors of Friends of the Earth, the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Sierra Club, and in 2003, La Follette was named a Fulbright Distinguished American Scholar.
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