Rachel Carson (1907-1964)
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" There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to live in harmony with its surroundings...Then a strange blight crept over the area and everything began to change...There was a strange stillness... The few birds seen anywhere were moribund; they trembled violently and could not fly. It was a spring without voices. On the mornings that had once throbbed with the dawn chorus of scores of bird voices there was now no sound; only silence lay over the feilds and woods and marsh.
~ Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
~ Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
Born in 1907 and dying from breast cancer in 1964, Rachel Carson was a writer, scientist, thinker, naturalist, environmentalist, and--most importantly--an innovator. Her most famous novel Silent Spring was published in 1962. It challenged the use of chemical pesticides, specifically a pesticide by the name of DDT(dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane).
Her works--especially this novel--played a great role in the launching of the Environmental Movement. People began to realize that the healthy earth we depend on so greatly is more vulnerable than we think. Rachel Carson was an innovator, yet not of objects or material possessions. She innovated the very way we think about and look at our world. With novel ideas that were way ahead of her time, she humbly spoke up for those who could not speak for themselves and aroused concerns and disturbing realizations regarding issues that are still present today.
Her works--especially this novel--played a great role in the launching of the Environmental Movement. People began to realize that the healthy earth we depend on so greatly is more vulnerable than we think. Rachel Carson was an innovator, yet not of objects or material possessions. She innovated the very way we think about and look at our world. With novel ideas that were way ahead of her time, she humbly spoke up for those who could not speak for themselves and aroused concerns and disturbing realizations regarding issues that are still present today.
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Bluebird on fence post. N.d. www.squidoo.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Dec. 2009. <http://www.squidoo.com/naturally_native_lensography>.
Bluebird on fence post. N.d. www.squidoo.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Dec. 2009. <http://www.squidoo.com/naturally_native_lensography>.
