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...Adam Werbach can be excused for a certain zany iconoclasm. After all, he is only 24--the youngest person to head the nation's largest environmental organization in its 105-year history. "We have a lot to celebrate," he tells his listeners, gathered for three days of seminars on such topics as "Dioxins, Endocrine Disruptors and Birth Defects" and "Green Politics in the U.S. and Bulgaria." The recent Brown University graduate recalls how, growing up in Los Angeles, "my T-ball practice was canceled week after week because of smog. Now the air is cleaner." The morning of his speech...
...addition, the movement has attempted to invigorate younger supporters. Speaking at the Institute of Politics two weeks ago, Sierra Club President Adam M. Werbach encouraged members of Generation X to become involved in politics...
...Werbach's own rise to the head post at the age of 24 is considered by many environmentalists to be a positive step for the movement. To help reach more youth, the Sierra Club hired Daniel J. Boulton to run a public education campaign in Massachusetts. He focuses on bringing younger participants into the movement...
...forum at the Institute of Politics, Werbach called the 104th Congress "the worst Congress on the environment in history...
...Although Werbach said environmental activism has reached a "new peak" and Harvard students are "active, intelligent, plugged-in and critical," the co-chairs of the Environmental Action Committee and the Direct Action Subcommittee said environmental activism here still has a long...