Speaking for the Earth the Official Book of the first Earth Day Cover showing the Moon surface with the Earth in the Background

THE OFFICIAL BOOK OF THE FIRST EARTH DAY

EARTH DAY IS APRIL 22 AND IS CELEBRATED BY OVER 193 COUNTRIES AND 1 BILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE

Speaking for the Earth was written by John Meier for the first Earth Day in 1970.

Meier has re-released the book for the Anniversaries of Earth Day as he finds it of the utmost importance for the environmental movement today to look back and see what has and hasn’t been done with environmental issues that Meier brought up in 1970, including many issues that are just now getting the recognition they deserve such as the warming of the earth, which the book deals with well before the word global warming was coined, safety in mines which recently has been headline news, dealing with wastes that could be recycled, even suggesting the use of electric cars which only now has finally begun to be implemented.

Many of the hottest news topics today are around the environment, and having a look back over 50 years shows how many of the “new” environmental solutions that governments have been proposing aren’t actually new and that many of the problems had been brought up many years ago with still little to nothing having been done about them.

 

SPEAKING FOR THE EARTH

Former United States Senate Candidate John Meier was one of the first individuals to bring international attention to Environmental issues and was one of the world’s foremost Environmentalists at the time of writing Speaking for the Earth. Meier is seen here in 1970 autographing a copy of Speaking for the Earth for Tom Murray, whose father was the Commissioner of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).

John Meier autographing a copy of his environmental book “Speaking for the Earth” for Tom Murray, whose father was the Commissioner of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
Official Book of the First Earth Day Text
Speaking for the Earth Book

PURCHASE SPEAKING FOR THE EARTH

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“The hope for an infinitely friendly environment did not take into account that man has been polluting the earth day after day for decades, threatening his very existence on this planet”

— John Meier

About John Meier

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John Meier received notable Awards from Countries for his work related to the Environment. Meier’s biggest environmental battle was with the fight for worldwide nuclear disarmament.

Meier became a Director of an anti-nuclear activist group “Fund For Survival” whose famous members included Steve Allen and actor Robert Ryan. Seven years later, when the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) started detonating nuclear bombs in Nevada as part of their nuclear testing, spreading radiation to countless people who lived in the radiation zone, including Howard Hughes, Hughes joined Meier in fighting the AEC for four years at the highest levels, with Vice President of the United States Hubert Humphrey convincing President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson to commission a presidential panel to study Meier’s data on the AEC and nuclear testing. Meier was a Special Advisor on Environment Affairs to United States Senator Mike Gravel, who credited Meier with preventing the spread of nuclear power within the United States.

Meier had also consulted other countries on nuclear testing and he served on President of the United States Richard Nixon’s Task Force on Resources and Environment, was a Special Advisor to Nevada Governor Paul Laxalt on Environment and Data Processing Studies, was a Trustee of Nevada Essential Environmental Development Surveys Foundation, Advisor to the Inter-Agency Water Pollution Control Task, Advisor to the Rocky Mountain Center on Environment, and was the Founder and President of the Nevada Environmental Foundation.

THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE IN DEVELOPMENT ‘MEIERGATE’ IS ABOUT THE LIFE STORY OF JOHN MEIER

Speaking for the Earth, the Official Book of the first Earth Day, is “A historical document” (Kirkus Reviews) and “A testament to how far we have and haven’t come” (Publishers Weekly BookLife Review)

“Meier’s book remains a powerful (and tragically timeless) call to action for citizen conservations to make their voices heard.”

Publishers Weekly BookLife Review

Enlightening”

INDIEREADER

“Engaging and instructive…remains upsettingly relevant…A historical document that remains a powerful call to action.”

KIRKUS REVIEWS

Radiation Pollution Chapter 11
The relative indifference of physical scientists to the technological consequences of their discoveries and to the effects upon the general well-being of the whole of mankind in the proliferation of munitions, germ-warfare, chemical additives, drugs, pesticides, and the other products indicates the imperative need for the inclusion of the social scientists and moral scientists in the final determination of policies of public life. The oft-derided politician may represent a greater sensitivity to the general problems created by the age of the Atom than perhaps anyone else.

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AGE OF SECRETS

THE CONSPIRACY THAT TOPPLED RICHARD NIXON AND THE HIDDEN DEATH OF HOWARD HUGHES

Read how the Author of Speaking for the Earth, John Meier, fought the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) with the world’s wealthiest person Howard Hughes, to prevent the spread of nuclear radiation from harming mankind and the environment in the award-winning International #1 Bestselling Political Thriller Age of Secrets.