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

Earth Day is a global event for environmental awareness. US Senator Gaylord Nelson started it in 1970. Millions participate ...

When the first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970, the founders — U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) and activist Denis ...

A senator from Wisconsin was so inspired by his love of the Great Lakes region, that he became an advocate for the ...

The Environmental Council of Sacramento is hosting an Earth Day celebration this Sunday at Southside Park. The free event ...

Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin initiated the first Earth Day. It was reported at the time that over 20 million people took part in local events. The news saturation was total and for the time it ...

She was there to celebrate the school district’s planting of 434 new trees at nine school district sites, which she said is ...

The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970, making this year's festivities the 55th annual festival. For the first Earth Day, ...

WASHINGTON — Millions of people around the world on Tuesday are celebrating Earth Day, an annual event founded by people who ...

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

The holiday remains one of the largest secular observances in the world, used to spotlight ongoing threats including plastic ...

Former Daily editor-in-chief Jim Wascher '75 writes about the history of Earth Day at Stanford and argues why activism for ...