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...together. We are, all humans and other life forms, indeed an obligate community on our "single space ship" Earth. Rachel Carson, Carl Sagan, Jane Goodall, E. O. Wilson, and now the millions of Facebook and Twitter users make our interdependence...
...in the Philadelphia Inquirer: Sound off on the important issues at On her ceremonial 100th birthday celebration, Rachel Carson, mother of modern environmentalism, stands accused of genocide. Incited, in part, by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla...
In her 1962 book, ``Silent Spring,'' Rachel Carson described some of the early warning signs that DDT and other pesticides were harming the environment. A vivid example occurred...
...temperatures rise, creatures die By DAVID IGNATIUS THE WASHINGTON POST In her 1962 book, ``Silent Spring,'' Rachel Carson described some of the early warning signs that DDT and other pesticides were harming the environment. A vivid example...
...birthday in August was never carried in our local paper I will attempt to answer this question. After the passing of Rachel Carson and Marjorie Stoneman Douglas, the title of the Grandmother of the Conservation Movement went to Margaret Murie...
...the noise. Ravens croak, crows caw, magpies and jays chatter, all adding to the cacophony of sounds. This is not Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring." It's Haines, Alaska's noisy fall eagle migration. Each fall up to 4,000 eagles gather...
...post-materialist values, the advent of the car culture that allowed us to visit our national parks and the publication of Rachel Carson's anti-pesticide manifesto "Silent Spring" all converged to raise the idea of environmental protection in the...
...consider treatment. But I would feel much better about making my choice if I had all the facts in front of me. As Rachel Carson said, "It is the public that is being asked to assume the risks that the insect controllers calculate. The public...
...picture of how the Arctic will suffer from global warming may be remembered as the "Silent Spring" of this generation. Rachel Carson's 1962 book highlighted the looming disaster from rapidly expanding use of pesticides. Her book aroused the conscience...
...complacency, and moved opinion by marshaling facts in a way too compelling to ignore. In the 1960s, it was the naturalist Rachel Carson, whose landmark book "Silent Spring" is credited with launching the global environmental movement and halting the...