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What 1970’s Epic Earth Day Can Teach Us About Sharing
Day 1970 was epic. The brainchild of Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, it was the first event of its kind and it sent a game-changing ripple of awareness and activism through the country. It jump-started the green movement, brought environmental from Shareable Read more »
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ING Stretches Earth Day to Week-Long Celebration
192 nations plus Google celebrated Earth Day, a date inaugurated in 1970 by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson to raise awareness about the need to preserve our planet. The truth is, every day is Earth Day and to make the celebrations last longer personal finance from Humanitarian News Read more »
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Gaylord Nelson: Senator, Idealist, And Legend of Earth Day
about on a plane, but it’s inception was in the air (pun intended) long before. And the man of the hour in that regard was Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator and prior to that, Wisconsin’s Governor, whose gleam of conservation literally encapsulated his thinking from The Moderate Voice Read more »
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Earth Daze: What Happened to the Environmental Movement?
compared to the first Earth Day 23 years ago. That nationwide event, initially inspired by the work of Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, was celebrated by more than 20 million people in more than 12,000 events around the country. As Nicholas Lemann pointed from Time Magazine Read more »
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Earth Day Google Doodle Goes Interactive
of Earth Day is a long and storied one. After witnessing the aftermath of an oil spill in 1969, Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson proposed the idea of a national day to promote environmental consciousness. On April 22 of 1970, Earth Day came together after from Cinema Blend Read more »
