I don't think there would be an Earth Day if it weren't for Rachel Carson. For 20 years she worked as a government marine biologist. In her free time Carson wrote magazine articles and books that made her famous as a science writer for the public.
"The Sea Around Us", a study of the ties between the earth, moon, and sea, won the National Book Award in 1952. She then left government service, devoting herself full-time to promoting her view that human beings were but one part of nature, distinguished primarily by their power to alter it, in some cases irreversibly.
In “Silent Spring” (1962) Rachel Carson challenged the profligate use of synthetic chemical pesticides. Attacked by the chemical industry as an alarmist, she courageously spoke out to remind us that we are a vulnerable part of the natural world subject to the same damage as the rest of the ecosystem.
Her witness for the beauty and integrity of life continues to inspire new generations.
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Beautifully said, Jack.
Beautifully said, Jack.
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