# Earth Day's Start - Lessons from Denis Hayes

**URL:** https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/earth-days-start-lessons-from-denis-hayes/1441
**Category:** Reflections
**Created:** [April 20, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/earth-days-start-lessons-from-denis-hayes/1441 "2020-04-20T17:13:35Z")
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### Author: ![ddavies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@ddavies](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/ddavies)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/earth-days-start-lessons-from-denis-hayes/1441/1 "2020-04-20T17:13:35Z")

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In honor of Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary, the NY Times just put out a very thoughtful message from Denis Hayes that is worth reading.

> **[The ‘Profoundly Radical’ Message of Earth Day’s First Organizer](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/climate/denis-hayes-earth-day-organizer.html?smid=em-share)**
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> Fifty years on, Denis Hayes is still trying to keep the spirit that made Earth Day a world-changing event alive — and to refocus its energy on climate change.