Lois Gibbs: An Environmental Activist
WHO IS LOIS GIBBS? Lois Gibbs Presenting at NMU Who is Lois Gibbs? Lois Gibbs is an important environmental activist who gained her start when fighting for the rights of the people in Love Canal. In 1978 concerns of chemicals in the homes of townspeople were becoming more apparent, and Lois took action. She was so worried about the people getting sick from the chemicals that she rallied the people in her community to fight against the United States government and the EPA. Originally Gibbs went to the school board in hopes of them making a change, but she had no such luck. Due to the increasing sickness of the communities children she decided to fight for change on her own. That is when Gibbs discovered the field next to the towns elementary school which was filled with 20,000 tons of chemical waste. She then went door to door gathering signatures from her neighbors in hopes of making a change. In the documentary " A Fierce Green Fire" directed by Mark Kitchell, we lea
