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Press Release by Sierra
Club
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 21, 2010
Contact: David Willett, 202-675-6698
Celebrating Environmental Pioneer John Muir’s 172nd Birthday
Sierra Club Unveils Revamped Muir Historical Website
San Francisco,
CA – "Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to
play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body
and soul alike."- John Muir
On the eve of the 40th Earth Day,
the Sierra Club welcomes everyone to celebrate the 172nd birthday of
founder and conservation pioneer John Muir by visiting the updated
and redesigned online
John Muir Exhibit. Site is located at: http://www.sierraclub.org/johnmuir
Prominently featured in Ken
Burns’ recent hit documentary series "National Parks: America’s
Best Idea", John Muir was born on April 21, 1838, and his interests
took him many places – including time spent as a farmer, inventor,
sheepherder, naturalist, explorer, writer, and conservationist.
He
was perhaps this country's most famous and influential naturalist and
conservationist, having taught the people of his time and ours the
importance of experiencing and protecting our natural heritage. Muir's
personal and determined involvement in the great conservation questions
of the day was and remains an inspiration for environmental activists
everywhere.
To help celebrate Muir's birthday, the Club has begun a
project to update and redesign our well-known John Muir Exhibit. This
site has more than 1,000 pages of information about Muir's life and
writings; rare archival photos; a Google Earth feature of Muir's travels;
tributes to Muir -- including music composed in his honor -- and much
more. Curated by longtime Sierra Club volunteer and Muir expert Harold
Wood, the Exhibit is the web's premier resource for information about
the Scottish-born conservationist.
Especially popular with students
of all ages and teachers, the John
Muir Exhibit is one of the most-visited
sections of the Sierra Club's website.
Whether you consider yourself
an environmentalist or not, whether you’ve taken a 10-minute
hike or 1,000 mile walk to the Gulf as Muir did (among many other long
walks around our country), or if you’ve ever enjoyed America's
National Parks, you can thank John Muir.
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