Interview with Tia Nelson
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Contributor
Nelson, Tia ; McKiernan, Stephen
Description
Tia Nelson is a conservationist, environmental activist, and politician. She spent 17 years with The Nature Conservancy in government relations, as a policy advisor for Latin America, and later as the first director of the Global Climate Change Initiative. For this work, she received the EPA’s Climate Protection Award in 2000. Tia returned home to Wisconsin to serve as Executive Secretary to the Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, which included a gubernatorial appointment as co‐chair of Wisconsin’s Task Force on Global Warming. She directs Outrider Foundation’s climate program. Nelson is also a graduate of UW-Madison Nelson is also a graduate of UW-Madison.
Date
2010-03-21
Rights
In copyright
Date Modified
2018-03-29
Is Part Of
McKiernan Interviews
Extent
105:02
Date of Interview
2010-03-21
Interviewer
Stephen McKiernan
Interviewee
Tia Nelson
Biographical Text
Tia Nelson is a conservationist, environmental activist, and politician. She spent 17 years with The Nature Conservancy in government relations, as a policy advisor for Latin America, and later as the first director of the Global Climate Change Initiative. For this work, she received the EPA’s Climate Protection Award in 2000. Tia returned home to Wisconsin to serve as Executive Secretary to the Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, which included a gubernatorial appointment as co‐chair of Wisconsin’s Task Force on Global Warming. She directs Outrider Foundation’s climate program. Nelson is also a graduate of UW-Madison Nelson is also a graduate of UW-Madison.
Duration
105:02
Language
English
Digital Publisher
Binghamton University Libraries
Digital Format
audio/mp4
Original Format
2 Microcassettes
Material Type
Sound
Interview Format
Audio
Subject LCSH
Conservationists; Politicians--United States--Wisconsin; Nelson, Tia--Interviews
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Keywords
Robert F. Kennedy; Vietnam War; Environmental problems; Global warming; Earth Day; Denis Haynes; Senator Gaylord Nelson; Westchester University; Senator J. William Fulbright; Activism.
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Citation
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