It was Rachel Carson's famous book 'Silent Spring' that got me involved with the environment. I read it in The New Yorker,… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
In recent years it has become impossible to talk about man's relation to nature without referring to "ecology"...such leading scientists in this… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
“DISTURBED BY THE INDISCRIMINATE USE of synthetic chemical pesticides after the Second World War, aquatic biologist Rachel Carson reluctantly turned her focus… — Sheila Watt-Cloutier Copy Share Image
“See as much as you can see, I guess. Rachel Carson said most of us go through life "unseeing." I do that… — Jim Lynch Copy Share Image
“In Alabama, the Olin Corporation became embroiled over its production of DDT. Rachel Carson, in her book Silent Spring, had identified the… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
My mom was a high school science teacher for decades. She just never made it feel like we had to choose between… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
Much like the conservationists who previously have received the Audubon Medal, including Stewart Udall, Rachel Carson and Ted Turner, I realize that… — Louis Bacon Copy Share Image
“The media have indeed informed the public about threats to our air, water and food. Ever since 1962, when Rachel Carson published… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
“When Rachel Carson accepted the National Book Award, she said, 'if there is poetry in my book about the sea it is… — Jim Lynch Copy Share Image
“Even in the wake of Rachel Carson's best-selling Silent Spring, Americans in 1963 spent nearly as much money fighting crabgrass with chemical… — Ted Steinberg Copy Share Image
“Your generation is suffering from what for lack of a better word I shall call over-debunk . There was a lot of… — Romain Gary Copy Share Image
“All food available in the depths of the ocean is animal matter, and the food chain depends upon the constant rain of… — Richard Ellis Copy Share Image
I guess I was seeking some balance in the wildlife of the city as Rachel Carson sought it in nature. In unbalanced… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
[About reading Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, age 14, in the back seat of his parents' sedan. I almost threw up. I got… — Carl Safina Copy Share Image
