Earth Day has its roots in growing concern over pollution in the 1960s, when author Rachel Carson's 1962 book “Silent Spring, ...

Get your environmentally-conscious message out there and show your support for Earth Day by posting an educational video on ...

The first Earth Day is largely credited as one of the key moments that launched the modern environmental movement.

The YMCA of Collier County is inviting the community to its Healthy Kids Day, an annual, free event “dedicated to encouraging healthy kids.

New York lawmakers should act and turn those cans and other packaging wastes into cash to make headway on the threat of the ...

Every year on April 22, people around the world celebrate Earth Day. It marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. More than 1 billion people in over 193 ...

It’s been 55 years since the first Earth Day launched the modern environmental movement as we know it today, affecting change through a mix of education, public policy and innovative campaigns. The ...

Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970, marking the beginning of the modern environmental movement. Saturday morning marked ...

Earth Day, a global effort to educate people on growing environmental threats and propel them to action, marks its 55th ...

One aspect of modern May Day celebrations is the preparation of a flower wreath from wild flowers against a background of ...

More broadly, it's seen as the birth of the modern environmental movement. In later years, Earth Day expanded to become a truly global event. It now claims to have motivated action in more than ...

The first Earth Day is largely credited as one of the key moments that launched the modern environmental movement. By 1969, Sen. Gaylord Nelson, D-Wis., had long been concerned about "the ...