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Gaylord Anton Nelson (June 4, 1916 – July 3, 2005) was an American politician from Wisconsin who served as a United States senator and governor. He was a member of the Democratic Party and the founder of Earth Day, which launched a new wave of environmental activism.
Gaylord Nelson was a leading figure in the fight against environmental degradation and social injustice in the 20th century. Growing up steeped in Wisconsin’s progressive heritage and New Deal liberalism, Nelson began his political career as one confident in both the political power of ordinary citizens and the government’s ability to ...
Gaylord Anton Nelson, American politician and conservationist (born June 4, 1916, Clear Lake, Wis.—died July 3, 2005, Kensington, Md.), was the founder of Earth Day—first celebrated on April 22, 1970, to focus attention on the preservation of the planet’s natural resources.
Gaylord Nelson, Founder of Earth Day | The Making of the Modern Environmental Movement. In 1969, Gaylord Nelson had an idea for a national teach-in on the environment to send a message to Washington that public opinion was solidly behind a bold political agenda on environmental problems.
Senator Gaylord Nelson, the junior senator from Wisconsin, had long been concerned about the deteriorating environment in the United States. Then in January 1969, he and many others witnessed the ravages of a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California.
Jul 4, 2005 · MILWAUKEE — Gaylord Nelson, the former governor and U.S. senator from Wisconsin who started Earth Day in 1970 and helped spawn the modern environmental movement, died Sunday. He was 89.
Apr 17, 2024 · 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 sent millions of gallons onto the southern California coast in 1969.
Apr 22, 2024 · The campaign was led by a senator from Wisconsin called Gaylord Nelson, and organised from a temporary office in Washington DC staffed by college students, many already veterans of protest...
Gaylord Nelson. Long before the idea of the first Earth Day, this tireless champion of the people and the environment, cultivated a dream to preserve the magical landscape of the Apostle Islands. He sought to safeguard the undeveloped shorelines, red sandstone cliffs, unique landforms, flora, and fauna of this special place.
Apr 21, 2022 · One of the original titans of the environmental movement was the father of Earth Day, former Democratic Senator Gaylord Nelson from Wisconsin.
