WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. (WECT) - First-grade students from Wrightsville Beach School spent the day celebrating Earth Day at Harbor Way Gardens. The Harbor Way Gardens hosted the students as they ...

Earth Day is on Tuesday. Here's what you should know ahead of the holiday. ... The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970 when 20 million people went to inaugural events at schools, ...

Earth Day is today: Here's what you should know about the holiday, ... The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970 when 20 million people went to inaugural events at schools, ...

For the first Earth Day, 20 million people went to inaugural events at schools, universities and other public areas around the country to protest for cleaner water, air and land.

Three months after the first Earth Day was celebrated, a group of 8th grade boys and their camp counselors canoed down the entire Connecticut River. They were known as the Becket Adventurers of ...

A history of the movement by EarthDay.org says the date of the first Earth Day — April 22, 1970 — was chosen because it fell on a weekday between spring break and final exams and the aim was ...

Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. Nelson was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award in ...

When the first Earth Day was celebrated, theme for 2025. Anthony DiMattia Krys'tal Griffin. Delaware News Journal. Spring has sprung and it's time to get outdoors and celebrate nature.

Earth Day 2025 focuses on renewable and clean energy with the theme, "Our Power, Our Planet. When did Earth Day start? The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970 thanks to Sen. Gaylord Nelson of ...