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How Seattle helped shape the Earth Day movement

Source: Fox 13 Seattle

5-7-2026 | News

By Annabelle Pepin

SEATTLE – Every April 22, the nation brings attention to Earth Day, the world’s largest grassroots environmental movement, focusing on education and action to shine light on sustainability and the protection of natural resources.

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After successfully mobilizing 20 million people and effectively launching the modern environmental movement, Hayes eventually found his way back to Washington, specifically Seattle, where he led the Bullitt Foundation and spearheaded the Bullitt Center, which is still known as the world’s greenest commercial building and is nestled on Seattle’s own Capitol Hill.

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