Earth Day acts as a celebration of the inhabitable planet that provides life for billions; the cover of lush forests, ...

Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970 when Gaylord Nelson, a Wisconsin senator, and John McConnell, a San Francisco activist ...

said of being a leader on the first Earth Day. Surprised by a large crowd of 15,000 activists in the small town of Durham, New Hampshire, Miller — now a part-time Volcano resident — guided ...

"That's when the idea, the aha moment, came to him for the first Earth Day," Tia Nelson said. Gaylord Nelson's call to action was simple, Tia Nelson said. "His call to action was to designate a ...