Summary "Gaylord Nelson is known and respected throughout the world as a founding father of the modern environmental movement and creator of Earth Day, the most influential public awareness campaign ...

The idea, later dubbed “Earth Day” by a Harvard student activist recruited by Nelson, began to take root. Gaylord Nelson speaking on the first Earth Day celebration in 1970.

Earth Day was founded by environmentalist and former Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson. Nelson, a leading figure in the fight to protect the environment, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom ...

Today, nearly 1 billion people celebrate Earth Day worldwide. Earth Day’s founding father The first Earth Day was spearheaded by Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin.

Gaylord Nelson, the late Wisconsin senator who organized the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, would be proud that the green movement has grown beyond one big celebration one day a year.

Gaylord Nelson.Photo: Fritz AlbertWorldwide, organizers say a billion people will observe Earth Day this year, making it the largest secular civic event in the world. So […] Bill Christofferson ...

Nelson chose April 22 as the national date for Earth Day because it best fit into college schedules between spring break and final exams. It would be the day of what they named the “National ...

Upon learning of the spill, U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson, of Wisconsin, was inspired to coordinate a national campaign to further promote awareness of the growing environmental movement.

Why did Earth Day start? By 1969, Sen. Gaylord Nelson, D-Wis., had long been concerned about "the deteriorating environment in the United States.," Earthday.org said.

1) Earth Day is celebrated on April 22 every year, and is a chance to appreciate the environment – and encourage us to help save it. News mirror Administrator 04:04, 13 Apr 2012Updated 09:43, 23 ...

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the first Earth Day was created in 1970 by Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin as a way to force environmental protection issues onto the national ...

Gaylord A. Nelson, a former senator from Wisconsin who was one of the architects of America’s modern environmental movement and the founder of Earth Day, died Sunday in Kensington, Md. He was 89.