1970-2010
On April 22, we will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. As a witness to all of these events, ten years of serious academic studies, a book, numerous articles, debates and interviews, these are my observations.
The first Earth Day, in the spring of 1970, was powered to a great extent, by young Americans and college students. Many of whom, had turned out in huge numbers to protest the war in Vietnam.
The first earth day officially kicked off at a conference in Seattle in September 1969 when Senator Gaylord Nelson announced that in the spring of 1970 there would be a nationwide grassroots demonstration on behalf of the environment and invited everyone participate. The wire services carried the story from coast to coast. The response was electric.
The first earth day officially kicked off at a conference in Seattle in September 1969 when Senator Gaylord Nelson announced that in the spring of 1970 there would be a nationwide grassroots demonstration on behalf of the environment and invited everyone participate. The wire services carried the story from coast to coast. The response was electric.
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