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In 1962, Rachel Carson published “Silent Spring,” her groundbreaking exposure of the environmental harms posed by the mosquito-killing pesticide DDT. Informed by her alarm over the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons, Carson’s work challenged prevailing assumptions about chemical safety and helped birth the modern environmental movement. A [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/rachel-carson/ new PBS documentary] premiering on January 24 examines Carson’s writing, research and the challenges she faced as a woman taking on one of the country’s most powerful industries. | In 1962, Rachel Carson published “Silent Spring,” her groundbreaking exposure of the environmental harms posed by the mosquito-killing pesticide DDT. Informed by her alarm over the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons, Carson’s work challenged prevailing assumptions about chemical safety and helped birth the modern environmental movement. A [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/rachel-carson/ new PBS documentary] premiering on January 24 examines Carson’s writing, research and the challenges she faced as a woman taking on one of the country’s most powerful industries. | ||
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[http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/7005 Silent Spring’s lost legacy,] told in fifty parts by Sandra Steingraber, published in the September/October 2012 issue of Orion magazine. 11/12. | [http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/7005 Silent Spring’s lost legacy,] told in fifty parts by Sandra Steingraber, published in the September/October 2012 issue of Orion magazine. 11/12. | ||
| − | [http://www.amazon.com/On-Farther-Shore-Legacy-Rachel/dp/030746220X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354397375&sr=8-1&keywords=9780307462206#reader_030746220X On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson] by William Souder [http://www.booktv.org/Program/13894/On+a+Farther+Shore+The+Life+and+Legacy+of+Rachel+Carson.aspx video interview] also | + | [http://www.amazon.com/On-Farther-Shore-Legacy-Rachel/dp/030746220X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354397375&sr=8-1&keywords=9780307462206#reader_030746220X On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson] by William Souder [http://www.booktv.org/Program/13894/On+a+Farther+Shore+The+Life+and+Legacy+of+Rachel+Carson.aspx video interview]. [https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/01/12/new-pbs-documentary-explores-the-private-and-public-lives-of-rachel-carson/ Interview with William Souder] (audio), author,[https://www.amazon.com/Farther-Shore-Legacy-Rachel-Carson/dp/0307462218 "On a Farther Shore:] The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson." |
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| + | Souder also is the author of Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of 'The Birds of America,' a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. [http://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/%E2%80%9Cpower-in-the-pen%E2%80%9Dsilent-spring-1962/ Nice web bio] 9/14. 12/17 [https://events.ucsc.edu/event/4626 UCSC talk on Under the Sea Wind]. [[Under the Sea Wind]] | ||
Revision as of 19:40, 9 November 2018
In 1962, Rachel Carson published “Silent Spring,” her groundbreaking exposure of the environmental harms posed by the mosquito-killing pesticide DDT. Informed by her alarm over the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons, Carson’s work challenged prevailing assumptions about chemical safety and helped birth the modern environmental movement. A new PBS documentary premiering on January 24 examines Carson’s writing, research and the challenges she faced as a woman taking on one of the country’s most powerful industries.
Video
The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson CBS
Rachel Carson (video) episode of Bill Moyer's Journal (includes play, "A Sense of Wonder" based on her life).
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring Excellent PBS documentary McHenry Library VT2457 .
Newer 2010 documentary Sense of Wonder another link.
Books and Articles
Essay on Rachel Carson's influence.
questions to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Silent Spring.
NYT's Revkin on influence (many good links) 10/12.
Frank Graham, editor with the Audubon Society, wrote follow up to Carson’s work, “Since Silent Spring” his reflections on her legacy (audio and text).
Silent Spring’s lost legacy, told in fifty parts by Sandra Steingraber, published in the September/October 2012 issue of Orion magazine. 11/12.
On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson by William Souder video interview. Interview with William Souder (audio), author,"On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson."
Souder also is the author of Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of 'The Birds of America,' a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. Nice web bio 9/14. 12/17 UCSC talk on Under the Sea Wind. Under the Sea Wind
Audio
Frank Graham, editor with the Audubon Society, wrote follow up to Carson’s work, “Since Silent Spring” his reflections on her legacy (audio and text).
