No U.S. President has instituted an Earth Day. Earth Day was originally proposed by the peace activist John McConnell. An environmental Earth Day was started by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson.
Earth Day was founded by former Wisconsin senator, Gaylord Nelson.
Earth Day started April 22, 1970 April 22, 1970. People were starting to worry about air and water pollution. There had been a big oil spill the year before in Santa Barbara, California, and US Senator Gaylord Nelson thought that a special day would gather the energy of Americans. Twenty million people gathered that first Earth Day all across America.
Gaylord Nelson, former US Senator, was the founder of Earth Day. He believed strongly that education is the key to changing people's attitudes about the environment and he devoted much of his energy to that challenge. He died at age 89 in July 2005. Quote from Bill Clinton in 1995 regarding: THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM "The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest honor given to civilians in the United States. Twenty-five years ago this year, Americans came together for the very first Earth Day. They came together because of one American - Gaylord Nelson. As the father of Earth Day, he inspired us to remember that the stewardship of our natural resources is the stewardship of the American Dream. He is the worthy heir of the tradition of Theodore Roosevelt, and I hope that Gaylord Nelson's shining example will illuminate all the debates in this city for years to come."
John Glenn from Ohio was. the astronaut senator.
In 1962, there was a person from Wisconsin named Gaylord Nelson, who was troubled by the fact that the environment was not on the National Political agenda. He was the one who invented and created Earth Day. People were starting to worry about air and water pollution. There had been a big oil spill the year before in Santa Barbara, California, and US Senator Gaylord Nelson thought that a special day would gather the energy of Americans. Twenty million people gathered that first Earth Day all across America. April 22, 1970.
1970. People were starting to worry about air and water pollution. There had been a big oil spill the year before in Santa Barbara, California, and US Senator Gaylord Nelson thought that a special day would gather the energy of Americans. Twenty million people gathered that first Earth Day, April 22, all across America.
Earth Day arose as a way to raise appreciation and awareness of the Earth's natural environment and its resources. US Senator Gaylord Nelson got the ball rolling with a teach-in back in 1970. A link can be found below for more information.
To help restore the Earth. Even if it is just one day out of 365.Earth Day was also created to spread awareness about the Earth and issues that concern it.EARTH DAY WAS MADE BY:By Senator Gaylord Nelson, Founder of Earth Day
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The idea of a day to celebrate the Earth and to promote conservation was first promoted by peace activist John McConnell, but he proposed that we celebrate it on March 21. The date of Earth Day was officially moved to April 22 by US Senator Gaylord Nelson, who held an environmental teach-in on that day, and later received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work on behalf of the environment.
John Glenn, now a US Senator from Ohio.