Gaylord Nelson, the late U.S. senator and governor of Wisconsin, is considered the founder of Earth Day, which started in ...

Earth Day was founded in 1970 by Senator Gaylord Nelson, with the purpose to inform people about environmental problems that needed to be addressed, according to History. Nelson was inspired by the ...

Nelson and others, including activist Denis Hayes, worked to expand the idea beyond college campuses, with events all around the country and came up with the Earth Day name. A history of the movement ...

Earth Day highlights the actions we can take to address environmental problems. Earth Day is a global event held every year on April 22, dedicated to celebrating Earth's natural beauty and raising ...

The first Earth Day is largely credited as one of the key moments that launched the modern environmental movement.

It has been 55 years since the first Earth Day, an annual event founded following a wave of environmental protest in the US that led to the creation of a federal agency to protect the environment.

Earth Day recognizes the environmental movement. Here's how it started and why it’s still celebrated every April 22.

Nelson and others, including activist Denis Hayes, worked to expand the idea beyond college campuses, with events all around the country and came up with the Earth Day name. A history of the ...

April 22 is Earth Day, the annual salute to the planet and its environment. "On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans...took to streets, college campuses and hundreds of cities to protest ...