Changing the Conversation
"Carson, who died in 1964, inspired a new paradigm of thinking—where humanity is not the center of life on earth, but part of nature."
-"The Legacy of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring" Commemorative Booklet. American Chemical Society, 2012
-"The Legacy of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring" Commemorative Booklet. American Chemical Society, 2012
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Carson's works led to the creation of numerous "green" organizations across the world. Forums provide individuals with avenues to demonstrate and act upon their responsibility to protect and preserve the earth.
"What 1970 proved is that the environment issue cannot be dismissed as a fad."
- Issue of the Year: The Environment, Time Magazine, Jan 1971 |
Button made by University of Michigan student activists, March 1970 (Courtesy of John Russell)
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"The history books say that the American environmental movement began on 16 June 1962, the date of the New Yorker magazine that contained the first of three excerpts from Rachel Carson’s new book, Silent Spring."
- Mark Stoll, "Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, the book that changed the world", Environment & Society
- Mark Stoll, "Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, the book that changed the world", Environment & Society
"Make a #GlobalSelfie with NASA on Earth Day." NASA, 2014
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EDF Logo, EDF website
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US Stamp Gallery, Issued 1981-05-28
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“Carson shifts the conversation away from this non-controversial, non-confrontational idea that we are shepherds to the natural environment and instead initiates a new dialogue in which we are much more the villains of the peace…and where our own well being is linked to the natural world in a way it never has been before."
William Souder interviewed by Mark Madison, US Fish and Wildlife Service, October 3, 2012