The first Earth Day was held in 1970, 
and its history is largely the vision of one man -- Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson. Believing that the state of the environment was not considered to be an important political issue, in 1963 he persuaded President Kennedy to bring national visibility to the cause by asking him to go on a nationwide environmental tour. The President liked the idea and went on his five-day conservation tour in late September of 1963. Though the tour didn't succeed in making the environment a national political issue, it did set the stage for the idea for Earth Day, which took place in the summer of 1969. While on a conservation speaking tour out West, Senator Nelson announced there would be a national environmental teach-in during the Spring of 1970. The wire services carried the story nationwide, and in April of 1970, more than 20 million people participated in the event that gave birth to the modern environmental movement.
and its history is largely the vision of one man -- Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson. Believing that the state of the environment was not considered to be an important political issue, in 1963 he persuaded President Kennedy to bring national visibility to the cause by asking him to go on a nationwide environmental tour. The President liked the idea and went on his five-day conservation tour in late September of 1963. Though the tour didn't succeed in making the environment a national political issue, it did set the stage for the idea for Earth Day, which took place in the summer of 1969. While on a conservation speaking tour out West, Senator Nelson announced there would be a national environmental teach-in during the Spring of 1970. The wire services carried the story nationwide, and in April of 1970, more than 20 million people participated in the event that gave birth to the modern environmental movement.
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