Celebrate Earth Day by taking small actions on everyday to do’s

by Kenneth Lyngaas | Apr 22, 2012 | Earth Day, Environmentalism and Sustainability

Earth day was a reality 22nd of April 1970, the start of the most political and environmentally aware decade of last century. But it was nearly a year before in 1969 when Gaylord Nelson, the Earth Day founder, thought about the idea of celebrating Earth Day. He was pushed to the edge and sought after doing something that should have been a long time ago, after seeing the effects of the Santa Barbara oil spill.