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What Makes People Want to Save the Planet? Facts or Stories?

Now five decades old, the modern American environmental movement began in the 1960s and was sanctioned as an official epoch in 1970 with the creation of Earth...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

For Earth Day 2020, a 50th Anniversary Film: “When the Earth Moves”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwnkw5pnG38 The original Earth Day turns 50 years old tomorrow. I have been thinking about this momentous anniversary for...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary: An Encounter with its Founder

“There was a special adventure to being a young boy in northwestern Wisconsin. There was the adventure of exploring a deep green pine forest, crunching...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Earth Day 2019: Share Your Favorite, Coolest Nature Video

Next Monday, April 22, 2019, the world will mark its 49th Earth Day. The first Earth Day, held on April 22, 1970, was inspired by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Learning from Libby Lightning in Yosemite National Park

You can’t help but have a big adventure in the amazing Yosemite National Park. But doing small things here sometimes makes for the most lasting impressions.

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Science-Based Conservation under Attack in 2017

We’ve closed the books on 2016. It’s natural to want to assess the past year, now that we’ve made it through to the end. In the past 12 months, there has been...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

It’s Earth Day 2014: What Will Earth Day 2064 Look Like?

It’s been 44 years since Wisconsin’s—as this Wisconsinite is proud to say—Senator Gaylord Nelson inspired the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. Modeled on...