. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Roots of the Green Movement By Jeannie Faris If you were among the 20 million people who celebrated the first Earth Day 25 years ago, chances are you were on a college campus. In the two and a half decades that have elapsed, the event has evolved from a peaceful demonstration in the style of anti-war teach-ins to daylong family-oriented festivals across the nation. Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin founded Earth Day in 1970 in an effort to shake politicians out of their environmen- tal lethargy. At the time
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Roots of the Green Movement By Jeannie Faris If you were among the 20 million people who celebrated the first Earth Day 25 years ago, chances are you were on a college campus. In the two and a half decades that have elapsed, the event has evolved from a peaceful demonstration in the style of anti-war teach-ins to daylong family-oriented festivals across the nation. Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin founded Earth Day in 1970 in an effort to shake politicians out of their environmen- tal lethargy. At the time, teach-ins were popular on college campuses as a way to protest the Vietnam War. So, Nelson asked, why not organize a teach-in on the environment? He galvanized his senate staff and a group of college students and announced that Earth Day would take place in the spring of 1970. National wire services ran with the story, and the event became a truly astonishing grassroots explosion, Nelson later said. Nothing like that had happened before, although it was not the senator's first effort to shine the public spotlight on the environment. In 1962, he had convinced President Kennedy to launch a nationwide conservation tour, spelling out in dramatic language the emerging threats to the environ- ment. The tour began in 1963, and although it failed to put the environment onto the national agenda, it did plant the seed of an idea that grew into Earth Day seven years later. In 1990, Earth Day was revived on a national level to celebrate its 20th anniversary. It gained the support of over 200 million people from 141 countries. The 25th anniversary of Earth Day will be held April 22. Look for activities in your community. El. In 1990, Earth Day was revived on a national level to celebrate its 20th anniversary. It gained the support of over 200 million people from 141 countries. m COASTWATCH 17. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitall
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