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Gifford Pinchot

By on September 13, 2010 in Sustainability Efforts in History, Uncategorized

“The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for that future.”

“Conservation is the foresighted utilization, preservation and/or renewal of forests, waters, lands and minerals, for the greatest good for the greatest number for the longest time.”

Gifford Pinchot’s love for being in the woods led him to become Chief of the Division of Forestry in 1898. He first graduated from Yale, but when no school in the United States had a Forestry degree went to Nancy, France to learn more on the subject.  When he returned to the U.S., he worked at Vanderbilt’s Biltmore Forest Estate and was involved with the National Forest Commission where he traveled to the west looking for possible forest reserves.… Read the rest

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John Muir

By on August 19, 2010 in Sustainability Efforts in History

“When we tug at a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world.” – John Muir

John Muir (1838-1914) was one of America’s earliest environmental advocates. Born in Scotland, Muir migrated to the United States with his family in 1849. As an adult, he pursued his lifelong interest in the natural world and quickly became one of the nation’s most staunch advocates for environmental preservation. He spent many years living in Yosemite where he enjoyed the serene beauty of the area.… Read the rest

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