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[https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/earth-day-used-be-rad-what-happened by Jason Mark 21/4/17 Sierra] | [https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/earth-day-used-be-rad-what-happened by Jason Mark 21/4/17 Sierra] | ||
It’s no exaggeration to say that the first Earth Day was unlike anything else in U.S. history. The day was sui generis: Originally concocted by U.S. Senate backbencher Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, it was picked up by a handful of young organizers worried about pollution. Then, unexpectedly, tens of millions joined in. On April 22, 1970, an estimated 20 million people participated in Earth Day activities. The U.S. population at the time was just over 200 million. Do the math: Around one in 10 Americans took part, making the inaugural Earth Day very likely the biggest single day of political activism in the history of the republic. | It’s no exaggeration to say that the first Earth Day was unlike anything else in U.S. history. The day was sui generis: Originally concocted by U.S. Senate backbencher Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, it was picked up by a handful of young organizers worried about pollution. Then, unexpectedly, tens of millions joined in. On April 22, 1970, an estimated 20 million people participated in Earth Day activities. The U.S. population at the time was just over 200 million. Do the math: Around one in 10 Americans took part, making the inaugural Earth Day very likely the biggest single day of political activism in the history of the republic. | ||
=====Q&A: Denis Hayes, Planner of the First Earth Day, Discusses the ‘Virtual’ 50th===== | |||
[https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17042020/earth-day-50-anniversary-coronavirus-denis-hayes/ by Evelyn Nieves 17/4/20 Inside Climate News] | |||
Hayes hightailed it to Washington, D.C., hoping to convince Nelson to let him organize a teach-in at Harvard, and maybe other colleges in and around Boston. Two days later, Hayes dropped out of the John F. Kennedy School of Government to coordinate a national event, “Earth Day.” | |||
