It’s a day where we plant a tree, maybe even hug one.
We can thank Gaylord Nelson for Earth Day, slated again this year on Wednesday. Wisconsin called him ‘Governor’ and ‘Senator.’ Tia Nelson calls him ‘Papa.’
“He used to follow me around the house, and turn off light switches and lecture me on why that was important, long before people were worrying about energy independence and climate change,” she said during an interview earlier this month at her Madison area home.