Earth day

In September 1969 Senator Gaylord Nelson proposed a national teach-in on the environment and created the first Earth Day dedicated to a new idea.

The idea was supported by the citizens of Washington and thousand people marched for a clean environment.

(from: http://www.nelsonearthday.net)

On April 22, 1970 rise the modern American environmental movement: Earth Day Network.

Assuming the principle that everybody, regardless of gender, race, income, or geography have a moral right to a healthy, sustainable environment; Earth Day Network wants to broaden and diversify the environmental movement worldwide and to be the most effective vehicle for promoting activism campaigns trought more than 20,000 partners and organizations in 190 countries.