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Pollution activist silent 17 years speaks globally on environment For someone who didn't s... Pollution activist silent 17 year
by adminThe 61-year-old environmentalist kept silent from 1973 to 1990 to protest pollution, becoming a well-known figure in the San Francisco Bay area's crowded gallery of eccentrics. In the 17 years since he broke his silence, he has been making a living doing the very thing he once eschewed: talking.
In the 1970s, long before Albert A. Gore Jr. won an Oscar and movie stars drove hybrid cars, Francis became one of the country's first eco-celebrities.
Francis arrived in the hippie hot zone of Marin County in 1969 after growing up in Philadelphia. After two oil tankers collided beneath the Golden Gate Bridge in 1971, spilling black crude across San Francisco Bay, Francis decided to give up cars. Then, he stopped talking.
The day became a week, then a month. After that, Francis would revisit his vow once a year and decide whether to continue. Over the years, he made only a few exceptions to his no-talking rule, such as when he called his parents more than 10 years into his vow to tell them he loved them.
With his banjo and his backpack, he wandered the country on foot and bicycle to demonstrate his belief that a lone individual following his conscience could inspire change. He used hand gestures, nods, meaningful glances and, as a last resort, written notes to communicate.
Along the way, he earned a degree from Southern Oregon State College and a master's degree from the University of Montana without uttering a word. He also earned his doctorate in environmental studies from the University of Wisconsin in near-total silence, though he piped up to defend his dissertation after he had started speaking again.
Stories about Francis appeared across the country as he roamed. Jim Willse, now editor of The Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J., was an Associated Press reporter in San Francisco in the mid-1970s when he wrote one of the first stories about Francis.
Over the years, Willse came to believe Francis was the real article, and Francis became a frequent dinner guest at Willse's parties for local journalists.
In 1990, Francis chose April 22 — Earth Day — to break his silence. “After 17 years of not speaking, to hear my voice, I didn't recognize it,” he recalls.
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