rachel carson

     

Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist an nature writer whose writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.

Trivia about rachel carson

  • The state building that houses Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection is named in her honor
  • Born in Springdale in 1907, she would later warn us about the effects of pesticides on the environment
  • In 1952 she quit her job at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to devote all her time to her writing
  • Her findings on pesticides in the book "Silent Spring" sparked the environmental protection movement
  • In 1962 her "Silent Spring" launched the environmentalist movement
  • The house where she wrote "Silent Spring" is a National Historic Monument in Silver Spring, Maryland
  • In 1980, for her concerns over pollution, she was posthumously awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom
  • A national wildlife refuge near Kittery is named for this biologist who wrote "Silent Spring"
  • Her "The Sea Around Us" was among the top 10 nonfiction bestsellers for 1951 & 1952
  • Biologist whose most famous work was "Silent Spring"
  • This biologist first gained acclaim for writing in1937 with her article "Undersea" in the Atlantic Monthly
  • During the depression, this marine biologist & ecologist wrote radio scripts for the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
  • The sea around this author & naturalist was Sheepscot Bay, which her Maine summer home overlooked
  • In 1952 for her nonfiction bestseller "The Sea Around Us"
  • Her book "The Sea Around Us" was published in 1951 while she was chief biologist for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
  • The Dept. of the Interior has an annual lecture named for this biologist; she worked for the Dept. in the 1940s
  • This marine biologist's 1951 book "The Sea Around Us" spent 86 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list

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  • @DrewPric Rachel Carson's citations for mentions of WC Hueper, on pages 302, 309, 310, 339, 340, 342, 372, 373. I think page numbers same.
  • "[M]an is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.” -Rachel Carson
  • "I am always more interested in what I am about to do than in what I have already done. -Rachel Carson" #quote
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  • Is this China's "Silent Spring Rachel Carson" moment? Insightful piece from colleague @rob_schmitz via @Marketplace
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  • "I am always more interested in what I am about to do than what I have already done." Rachel Carson
  • "Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions, and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction."-Rachel Carson
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  • RT @LegionAvalon: The human race is challenged more than ever before to demonstrate our mastery, not over nature but of ourselves. ~ Rach…
  • "Siempre estoy mas interesada en lo que quiero lograr, que en lo que ya logre" Rachel Carson
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  • Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. Rachel Carson
  • "A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement" - Rachel Carson.
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  • Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the Earth are never alone or weary of life. -Rachel Carson
  • I am always more interested in what I am about to do than what I have already done. ~Rachel Carson
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  • The Fracking of Rachel Carson | Sandra Steingraber | Orion Magazine
  • Rachel Carson's silence via @pittsburghpg
  • A portrait of "Silent Spring" author Rachel Carson written by her friend Marjorie Spock w/Mary Richards
  • Silent spring van Rachel Carson is 50 jr oud @Hans_Middendorp: 'Bestrijdingsmiddel Imidacloprid erger dan DDT' @NRC
  • I find it unbelievable that we still need this research #birds, 52 years after Rachel Carson's Silent spring:
  • @Rachael_Bale @CIRonline @BBC Tragic reminder of Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring"