(EDITORS: BEGIN OPTIONAL TRIM) Earth Day didn't just happen. Nelson enlisted allies everywhere he could, and he even had to fend off an attack from the John Birch Society, which charged that Earth Day ...

Gaylord Nelson and Earth Day Special | 37m 53s | Video has closed captioning. Bill Christofferson, Author, "The Man from Clear Lake," focuses on the life of Gaylord Nelson.

April 22, 2010; Earth Day: Gaylord Nelson’s Vision; Russ Feingold’s Mission Earth Day: Gaylord Nelson’s Vision; Russ Feingold’s Mission. The current senator from Wisconsin renews his ...

But it was a senator from Wisconsin, Democrat Gaylord Nelson, who had the idea that would become Earth Day. Nelson had long been concerned about the environment when a massive offshore oil spill ...

My primary purpose in organizing Earth Day was political. — Gaylord Nelson, December 8, 1990 T his week marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the national teach-in that transformed a broad ...

Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson's "ah ha" moment became Earth Day. 25-year-old Stanford graduate student Denis Hayes was a galvanizing leader. 20 million people participated in the first Earth Day ...

On the eve of the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson — my father — delivered a call to action that rings clear today: “Our goal is an environment of decency, quality ...

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.

The founder of Earth Day, former Wisconsin Governor and Senator Gaylord Nelson, died Sunday at the age of 89. Nelson once said Earth Day was an attempt to get politicians to notice environmental ...

Gaylord A. Nelson, who spent a lifetime in service to Wisconsin, the nation and the planet, never stopped fighting on behalf of environmental causes, even as his own body began Earth Day founder ...