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On April 22, 1970, demonstrators marched in front of a power company in Coral Gables, Florida, lugging 20 pounds of dead fish and a decaying octopus. They stated that the plant was killing fish by releasing 100 degree water into Biscayne Bay. In New York City, Fifth Avenue was closed to automobiles. Students in Omaha, Nebraska, donned gas masks, while others in San Jose, California, buried a car. Even Congress closed its doors for the day. What did all of these occurrences have in common? They were all a part of the largest organized demonstration in history.... the first Earth Day.

Over 20 million people took part in this event which ultimately inspired the modern environmental movement. New York City’s Central Park played host to more than 100,000 participants attending an ecology fair. All over the country, people observed the day in an endless variety of ways, from planting trees and organizing clean ups, to pasting "This is a polluter" bumper stickers on cars. Environmental seminars, concerts, parades, and rallies filled the day from coast to coast, launching a new awareness which would radically impact American and International laws, policies, and even our Constitutional rights. That same year Earth Day became the catalyst for the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of the Clean Air and Water Acts.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of that historic date. Earth Day’s conception is generally attributed to former Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-Wisconsin), who patterned it after the protests surrounding the Vietnam War. In a speech at the University of Illinois Catalyst Conference on Oct. 6, 1990, Nelson asserted that "anti-war teach-ins" had inspired him to create a nationwide teach-in concerning the environment, in an effort, he claimed, to "shake the political establishment out of its lethargy and, finally, force this issue permanently onto the national political agenda." Nelson had originally tried to focus attention on the condition of the environment in 1963 when he persuaded President Kennedy into traveling on a national "conservation tour". That effort failed, however, to bring the issue into the spotlight.

The tide began to turn when a series of events in the 1960s generated a greater concern for the environment, including the first major oil spill from a supertanker which occurred off Santa Barbara, California in 1969. Seizing this opportunity, Nelson announced in September 1969 that there would be a national environmental teach-in the following Spring. The story received major coverage, and excitement spread quickly, propelling swarms of people to "jump on the green bandwagon".

Nelson persuaded Harvard law student and peace protester, Denis Hayes, to help organize and coordinate the nationwide activities. Hayes went on to become president of the Bullitt Foundation, which funds about a half-million dollars of environmental activism annually. The April 22 date was chosen with a target audience, namely college students, in mind. It was after spring break, well before final exams, and a Wednesday, which would not be apt to conflict with weekend activities. Ironically, it was also the 100th birthday of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of communism.

Although the first April 22 celebration was limited to the United States, a more ominous undertaking was at work that same year in San Francisco, California, birthplace of the United Nations. In November 1969, John McConnell had the chance to present his own vision for an Earth Day event at UNESCO’s National Conference: "Man and His Environment". McConnell proposed a universal holiday "to celebrate the natural wonders of our planet." He was asked by the head of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to write an Earth Day Proclamation, which was presented to Mayor Joseph Alioto and signed on March 1, 1970, as the Earth Day Proclamation for San Francisco. It is again ironic that San Francisco is named for the "patron saint of ecology", St. Francis, whose birthday is on April 22!

McConnell contacted UN Secretary General U Thant later that year and received his support for making Earth Day a global holiday to be celebrated each year at the Spring Equinox. The Spring Equinox is an important occult holy day dating back to Stonehenge and beyond. The United Nations has observed Earth Day each year since 1971 by ringing the Peace Bell at the exact moment of the equinox, and the U.S. Congress passed a resolution in 1975 proclaiming the official observance of Earth Day to be held on that date.

While the April 22 Earth Day appears to focus solely on environmental issues, the March celebration encompasses the emerging Earth religion and what is now called sustainable development. The overtone of their propaganda is heavily laced with new age principles, socialism, and a great movement to propel the people of the earth to unite under a common global banner. What better way to usher in the prophesied one-world government and religion than to prey on people’s fears about the destruction of the planet?