Gaylord Nelson, the late U.S. senator and governor of Wisconsin, is considered the founder of Earth Day. Nelson established himself as a conservation leader in Wisconsin, where he served as ...

Gaylord Nelson, a trend-setting environmentalist who as a Democratic U.S. senator from Wisconsin founded Earth Day in 1970, died Sunday.

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 Nelson, the former U.S. senator from Wisconsin who founded Earth Day and helped spawn the modern environmental movement, died Sunday at age 89. Gaylord Nelson in 2001 Mark Hoffman / AP file ...

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 ...

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 ...

As Earth Day marks its 55th anniversary in 2025, it remains a powerful reminder of the enduring need for environmental stewardship, policy change, and community-level activism. Gaylord Nelson, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...