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Rachel Carson (1907-1963) American Marine Biologist, Environmentalist, and AuthorRachel Carson's book Silent Spring (1962), in which she condemned the use of the pesticide DDT raised Americans' consciousness of the environmental costs of capitalism and agribusiness.- The 2009 Rachel Carson Challenge 34 Mile Endurance HikeEvery year hundreds of people turn out in the North Hills of Pittsburgh to tackle the Rachel Carson Challenge. This is a one-day 34 mile endurance hike that is not for the feint hearted. The don't call it the North HILLS for nothing.
- Rachel CarsonLong before it was fashionable to be "green," the ecologist championed the idea that human beings were a part of nature.
- Rachel Carson: A Biographyachel Louise Carson, born on May 27, 1907, is known as the mother of the environmental movement.
- A Review of Rachel Carson's Silent SpringAn analysis of the book Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. In the analysis, I describe how its impact was not only for the era of the 1960s and the ban of pesticides but continues to echo throughout the environmental movement and the fight for a cleaner, healthier planet.
- Global Warming: Rachel Carson's Ecological Message of Concern Resonates Today"The Gentle Subversive" is about the rise of the Environmental Movement. The biography of Rachel Carson resonates with the ecological concerns not just of yesterday but of today. Global warming is about the poisoning of the earth through carbon dioxide emissions.
- The Influence of Rachel Carson on the Environmental MovementThis article explores ways that Rachel Carson and her book "Silent Spring" changed the face of environmentalism.
Celebrating the 100th Birthday of the Woman Who Saved Bald EaglesRachel Carson revealed the threat to American Bald Eagles posed by the widely used pesticide DDT, now banned, partly because of her book, Silent Spring.