Who organized the first and second Earth Days?
1 Answer
Jun 16, 2016
Peace Activist John McConnell and Senator Gaylord Nelson of New York.
Explanation:
Ironically the first and second Earth Days were celebrated in the same year, 1970.
First proposed by peace activist John McConnell at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco in 1969. The First Earth Day was organized for March 21, 1970 by the United Nations.
One month later, New York Senator Gaylord Nelson, founded a Earth Day teach in under the direction of Dennis Hayes. The first teach in took place on April 22, 1970.
In 1990 the event became an annual international celebration of the Earth and now includes more than 140 countries around the world.
