….This Thursday, Earth Day will mark its 40th anniversary with celebrations across the country. Events have been going on since last weekend and continue this week. One of the biggest is being sponsored by the UW-Madison program that bears the name of Nelson, who died in 2005 at age 89.
The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studiesâ?? two-day conference, “Earth Day at 40: Valuing Wisconsinâ??s Environmental Traditions, Past, Present and Future,” begins Tuesday at the Monona Terrace Convention Center and concludes Wednesday.