How overdue is this book report? I bought the book in 1999, used; it was published in 1962. What can I say, I have been a ...

That was well understood by evolutionists early on, but it took a marine biologist and talented writer, Rachel Carson, to bring the pesticide problem to public attention and, incidentally, to launch ...

At the time, pesticides like DDT were seen as offering a glimpse of a better future, one where humans could control nature. DDT in particular promised to combat insects that carried diseases or ...

The reception of Silent Spring: an introduction / Craig Waddell -- Chemical fallout: Silent Spring, radioactive fallout, and the environmental movement / Ralph H. Lutts -- An inventional archaeology ...

No one could blame Rachel Carson for feeling beleaguered. In the fall of 1962 her book, "Silent Spring," unleashed both widespread praise and bitter, sometimes savage criticism. Former Secretary of ...

YORK, Maine — The York Art Association welcomes spring with its opening exhibit, “Silent Spring,” a show inspired by the season and honoring the legacy of environmentalist and author Rachel Carson.

What: “The Power of One Voice” film is part of the Sustainable Community Film Series When/Where: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Loaded Joe’s, Avon and again at 6:30 p.m. May 16th at Dusty Boot, Eagle Some know ...

Rekindle Your Sense of Wonder, Celebrate 50 Years of Action for The Environment on May 2 and 3. The Willi Unsoeld Seminar and Rachel Carson Forum Present A Sense of Wonder: A Play Based on the Life ...

Have you seen the Robins? Rachel Carson's mother and the tradition of women naturalists -- Don't harm the people: Ellen Swallow Richards, Dr. Alice Hamilton, and their heirs take on polluting ...