It is an American original, an act of grassroots democracy exported to the world.
Thirty-seven years ago, Earth Day launched a popular movement that changed our laws, culture and conventional wisdom.
April 22 represents our better nature – people power, an essential goodness and the enlightened leadership that inspires others across the globe. This annual observance has succeeded beyond anything its creator, the late Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, could have hoped.