http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-musil/rachel-carsons-legacy_b_5055048.html
legacy of future leaders who were inspired by her work
"But, more importantly, Rachel Carson has inspired new leaders and a stronger movement. Jamie Rappaport Clark, CEO of Defenders of Wildlife, a group that worked closely with Carson, has been the head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service where Carson started her career. Clark proudly shows where Carson sat, and has named her son Carson. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM), the son of Stewart Udall, recalls meeting Carson in his youth and is now an environmental leader in the Senate. The Sierra Club, that has a Rachel Carson Society and received royalties from Silent Spring, today fights coal, fracking and air pollution -- all of which Carson would have opposed.
New writers carry on Carson's legacy of luminous prose, scientific training, the ability to reach and inspire large audiences and political activism. Terry Tempest Williams, Sandra Steingraber, Devra Davis and Theo Colborn, among others, directly claim Rachel Carson as their hero and their continuing motivation to write and act. They have testified before Congress, appeared at international treaty negotiations and organized against the environmental causes of cancer, endocrine disrupting chemicals, global climate change and more."
Her picture hangs on my office wall among those of the political leaders, the presidents and the prime ministers..Carson has had as much or more effect on me than any of them, and pehaps than all of them together". Al Gore, Page 68, Courage Earth.
Brought focus to the fundamental idea: the interconnection of human beings and the natural environment. - page 77
It brought environmental issues to attention of not just industry and government but to the people.
Power of the People
-words inspire others
- a continuing influence
- a continuing influence
"Her picture hangs on my office wall among those of the political leaders, the presidents and the prime ministers..Carson has had as much or more effect on me than any of them, and pehaps than all of them together"."
"New writers carry on Carson's legacy of luminous prose, scientific training, the ability to reach and inspire large audiences and political activism. Terry Tempest Williams, Sandra Steingraber, Devra Davis and Theo Colborn, among others, directly claim Rachel Carson as their hero and their continuing motivation to write and act."
http://www.environmentandsociety.org/exhibitions/silent-spring/silent-spring-popular-culture
good exhibit, shows the numerous effects of silent spring as well as rachel carson as a leader
good exhibit, shows the numerous effects of silent spring as well as rachel carson as a leader