Tuesday, July 5, 2005

Goodbye to the father of Earth Day By now you know that former Wisconsin governor and U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson died Sunday. He was best known as the founder of Earth Day, the 1970 event that marks the beginning of the modern environmental movement. Nelson did much more than that, however. For a good overview of his life and many contributions to American society and the good of the Earth, read the article by Frank Aukofer that ran in Monday's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Goodbye, Gaylord. Thanks for all you did. We'll miss you. Later... 10:45:56 AM    comment []