Return the brats to the pan and add secondary ingredients, such as tomatoes, mushrooms and peppers. Cover the pan and cook the brats until they reach 165 F, about 10 to 15 minutes. Remove the brats and simmer the braising liquid until it reduces to a moderately thick sauce.
April 22, 1970. We only have one earth, so we need to take care of her. That's what Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin believed. He was disturbed that an issue as important as our environment was not addressed in politics or by the media, so he created the first Earth Day, on April 22, 1970. An estimated 20 million people nationwide attended festivities that day.
Learn how Earth Day became a global environmental event that will include a billion people on April 22. By John Roach, for National Geographic News. PUBLISHED. People at an Earth Day event lift their bicycles in Budapest, Hungary, on April 22, 2012.Photograph by Attila Volgyi, Xinhua/Eyevine/Redux. More than a billion people around the world will celebrate Earth Day on April 22, 2013âthe 43rd anniversary of the annual day of action on the environment.nstead, April 22, 1970, was chosen for the first Earth Day in part because it fell on a Wednesday, the best part of the week to encourage a large turnout for the environmental rallies held across the country, Rogers said.