The first observance of Earth Day was on April 22, 1970. The cofounder senator Gaylord Nelson said he modeled Earth Day on Anti-Vietnam war demonstrations called the teach-ins. He said that once he was on a plane and he read an article about anti-war teach-ins to educate students about the Vietnam war. Then he had an idea about devoting day nationwide teach-in on the environment. His mayor objective was to organize a large public organization to get the attention of politicians, and to force the environmental issue into the political dialogue of the nation. The American public forever changed the political landscape respecting environmental issues.
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