Silent spring

“It is, in the deepest sense, a privilege as well as a duty to have the opportunity to speak out — to many thousands of people — on something so important.”

New York Times headline "'Silent Spring' Is Now Noisy Summer," with portrait of Rachel Carson

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The Cornerstone of Modern Environmentalism First Published in 1962, Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. "Silent Spring became a runaway bestseller, with international reverberations ... Even if she had not inspired a generation of activists, Carson would prevail as one of the greatest nature writers in American letters" (Peter…

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"In nature nothing exists alone." Rachel Carlson, Silent Spring

Part II of Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking 1962 series on the environmental impact of DDT and other pesticides.

How a courageous woman took on the chemical industry and raised important questions about humankind's impact on nature.

"There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature — the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter." ~Rachel Carson, Silent Spring #Spring_Quote