The History Of Earth Day 
Samantha Meyer
BIOL 303
Environmental paper
Earth Day is celebrated every year in more than 180 nations worldwide. Earth Day was originally founded by two different people and on two different dates. One founder was Gaylord Nelson who conceived the idea for the first Earth Day in the United States. The date of Earth Day was April 22 and was first celebrated in 1970. Gaylord Nelson was a Democrat from Wisconsin and was concerned about the environmental problems facing the world. He was frustrated that the environment had no place in U.S politics. He envisioned Earth Day as an environmental teach-in, which would show politicians that there was widespread public support for the environment. Gaylord Nelson chose a student Denis Hayes, to organize the first Earth Day. Hayes put together a day filled with environmental events that drew over 20 millions Americans together to celebrate the first Earth day on April 22, 2970.
This Earth Day is usually celebrated with outdoor performances and where individuals or groups of people perform acts of service to earth. Examples of acts of service to earth celebrated on Earth Day are planting trees, picking up trash, recycling programs, promoting recycling, making crafts relating to nature, learning about the environment, educational sessions about the environment, signing petitions to benefit the earth and environment, and watching programs dealing with environmental issues. The second founder of Earth Day was John McConnell who was also brainstorming an environmental teach-in to be called Earth Day celebrated on the first day of spring around the same time Gaylord Nelson was. John McConnell was a newspaper publishes and influential community activist. McConnell wanted Earth Day to be on a global scale and while at the UNESCO Conference on the Environment in 1969, he proposed the idea of a global holiday called Earth Day. He had a vision that the holiday to be an annual observance to remind people worldwide of there shared
BIOL 303
Environmental paper
Earth Day is celebrated every year in more than 180 nations worldwide. Earth Day was originally founded by two different people and on two different dates. One founder was Gaylord Nelson who conceived the idea for the first Earth Day in the United States. The date of Earth Day was April 22 and was first celebrated in 1970. Gaylord Nelson was a Democrat from Wisconsin and was concerned about the environmental problems facing the world. He was frustrated that the environment had no place in U.S politics. He envisioned Earth Day as an environmental teach-in, which would show politicians that there was widespread public support for the environment. Gaylord Nelson chose a student Denis Hayes, to organize the first Earth Day. Hayes put together a day filled with environmental events that drew over 20 millions Americans together to celebrate the first Earth day on April 22, 2970.
This Earth Day is usually celebrated with outdoor performances and where individuals or groups of people perform acts of service to earth. Examples of acts of service to earth celebrated on Earth Day are planting trees, picking up trash, recycling programs, promoting recycling, making crafts relating to nature, learning about the environment, educational sessions about the environment, signing petitions to benefit the earth and environment, and watching programs dealing with environmental issues. The second founder of Earth Day was John McConnell who was also brainstorming an environmental teach-in to be called Earth Day celebrated on the first day of spring around the same time Gaylord Nelson was. John McConnell was a newspaper publishes and influential community activist. McConnell wanted Earth Day to be on a global scale and while at the UNESCO Conference on the Environment in 1969, he proposed the idea of a global holiday called Earth Day. He had a vision that the holiday to be an annual observance to remind people worldwide of there shared