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

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 ...

Earth Day began after Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin helped organize campus teach-ins and promote events to teach the public about industrial development and its legacy of health impacts.

Today’s edition of Daily on Energy kicks off with a little history lesson about Earth Day, before quickly diving into the ...

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

Earth Day, a monumental feat, but today, we have never been more divided. I apologize for the doom and gloom, but that's the ...

The Keweenaw Land Trust Executive Director, B Lauer, says every day is Earth Day for the KLT. She also says there are many ...

Governor Tony Evers and members of his administration celebrated Earth Day Tuesday morning by going to Governor Nelson State Park in Dane County. The park is named for Gaylord ...

Since the initial demonstrations in 1970, Earth Day has served as a platform for raising awareness of environmental action and the long-term negative impacts of human action. Sparked by the 1969 Santa ...

SEATTLE — 2025 marks the 55th anniversary of the first celebrated Earth Day, and there are several things you can do to ...

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

Today is Earth Day, the largest secular day of protest in the world, and we've got some suggestions for how to celebrate and ...