April 22, 2026 — Earth Day is here, and the Natural State has never had more reason to celebrate. A Holiday Rooted in Action More than five decades ago, a movement was born from frustration. Earth Day was born on April 22, 1970, a date deliberately chosen by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson and young activist Denis Hayes to coincide with Spring Break and the End of the Academic Year, maximizing student participation in what began as a national environmental teach-in. The response was staggering. Two thousand colleges and universities, ten thousand high schools and grade schools, and several thousand communities,