Environmental Education Resources: History

Full text of more than 7,500 letters written by Charles Darwin. Explore the site by clicking on ‘Themes’ from the top menu bar.

A timeline of the EPA’s accomplishments, discussions of its origin, interviews with EPA administrators, historical publications, and images.

Snapshot of the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage.

Gaylord Anton Nelson (1916–2005), a senator from Wisconsin, was the principal founder of Earth Day. This site is a rich resource for historical information about the environmental movement, the founding of Earth Day, and a digitized collection of Nelson’s papers.

Biographical information, tributes, bibliographic resources, images, videos, and more for the founder of the Sierra Club.

Project devoted to documenting the history of environmental affairs in New York State.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) was the first American president to place conservation as a significant domestic political issue. The Theodore Roosevelt Center is a digital archive of President Roosevelt’s papers. The website includes a biographical overview and a timeline of significant events.