Rep. Stubbs: Celebrates Earth Day

Rep. Stubbs: Celebrates Earth Day

MADISON, WI – Today, members of the Wisconsin State Legislature joined the global community in celebrating Earth Day, an international holiday that began as an effort spearheaded by Former Wisconsin Senator and Governor Gaylord Nelson. Representative Shelia Stubbs (D-Madison) released...

Celebrating Earth Day during the Year of the Kid

Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin Sara Rodriguez is celebrating Earth Day and the “Year of the Kid” by calling for bipartisan action to protect the environment and future generations.  Along with many of my fellow Wisconsinites, I take pride in the fact that Earth Day was started here in 1970 by our former governor and US Senator, Gaylord Nelson. More than 50 years later, Earth Day offers us a chance to celebrate the planet we call home and recom…

How Earth Day started and grew beyond founder Gaylord Nelson's dreams

Gaylord Nelson, the late U.S. senator and governor of Wisconsin, is considered the founder of Earth Day, which started in 1970.

On Earth Day, let's focus on the work we have to do

Sara Rodriguez: Wisconsin lawmakers must view the health of our planet and children as intertwined and take steps to protect both.

How the Great Lakes region inspired the first Earth Day

On the heels of the anti-war protests that were taking 1960s college campuses by storm, Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson was inspired to use that same momentum to create a protest so large that it would create an environmental movement.  An estimated 20 million Americans gathered on what would become known as Earth Day, with thousands of college campuses and high schools across the country engaged in the action. Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

Sexy Climate Change: I Hate Earth Day - BRICKS Magazine

Last time you heard from me I declared my hatred for Christmas. Now I have a new target for my vitriol – Earth Day. Rogue statement for someone who works in climate, I know. You’re probably expecting me to be all hippie earth mother and instead all I do is tell you what I hate. But before I get into why, let’s at least learn a little bit about my victim. Earth Day was set up in 1970, born out of growing concern about environmental destruction in…