"Carson had long been aware of the dangers of chemical pesticides but was also aware of the controversy within the agricultural community which depended on pesticide use to increase crop production. She had long hoped someone else would publish an expose’ on DDT but eventually realized that only she had the background as well as the economic freedom to do it."
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, October 2006, "Rachel Carson: A Conservation Legacy"
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, October 2006, "Rachel Carson: A Conservation Legacy"
Source: New York Times, October 7th, 1962
"Subsequent historic spills have brought a great many future developments...disaster awakened international awareness, particularly in Europe, of the economic and environmental vulnerability of the seas and coasts to the carriage of crude oil."
-The Woes of March, North American Marine Environment Protection Agency
-The Woes of March, North American Marine Environment Protection Agency
Leaders are not afraid of the professional risk that comes from challenging the established thinking.
Leaders inspire, create and produce.
Leaders educate the next generation of thinkers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/business/rachel-carsons-lessons-50-years-after-silent-spring.html?pagewanted=all
Leaders inspire, create and produce.
Leaders educate the next generation of thinkers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/business/rachel-carsons-lessons-50-years-after-silent-spring.html?pagewanted=all
"100 most influential people of the century", Time Magazine Cover, March 29, 1999
Outline
Pre Silent Spring, Silent Spring, Post Silent Spring and Why Carson?
Books
Mart, Michelle. “Rhetoric and Response: The Cultural Impact of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.” Left History 14, no. 2 (Summer2010 2010): 31-57. America: History & Life, EBSCOhost
Websites
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/business/rachel-carsons-lessons-50-years-after-silent-spring.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://www.environmentandsociety.org/exhibitions/silent-spring/silent-spring-international-best-seller - INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN THE 60's
Videos
interviews with Eric Sevareid for CBS
Pre Silent Spring, Silent Spring, Post Silent Spring and Why Carson?
Books
Mart, Michelle. “Rhetoric and Response: The Cultural Impact of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.” Left History 14, no. 2 (Summer2010 2010): 31-57. America: History & Life, EBSCOhost
Websites
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/business/rachel-carsons-lessons-50-years-after-silent-spring.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://www.environmentandsociety.org/exhibitions/silent-spring/silent-spring-international-best-seller - INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN THE 60's
Videos
interviews with Eric Sevareid for CBS
Awards: Audubon Society Award 1963
National Council of Women 1962
Life Magazine: Gentle Storm Center Oct 12th 1962
New York Times early publishing of SS in June 1962
http://pgdigs.tumblr.com/post/32390035275/sept-30-1962-newspaper-clipping-three-days
National Council of Women 1962
Life Magazine: Gentle Storm Center Oct 12th 1962
New York Times early publishing of SS in June 1962
http://pgdigs.tumblr.com/post/32390035275/sept-30-1962-newspaper-clipping-three-days