Despite the environmental challenges our planet still faces today, we should be happy thinking about the progress that has been made since Earth Day began. We can also be pleased with the momentum that seems to be building for more progress in the future. Have you ever wondered how Earth Day got started? The answer for your inquiring mind is online at EnviroLink, the "online environmental community." The report should be pretty accurate because it was written by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day. Most people associate the beginning of Earth Day with the national celebration in 1970, but it actually traces its roots to about the time I was born in the early 1960s. Regardless of when it really started, many historians cite the event as the birth of the modern environmental movement. Check it out and have a good Earth Day.