May 27, 1907 a Great Voice for the Natural World was born in Springdale , PA. Rachel Carson, Biologist, Writer, Environmentalist. She did groundbreaking research into the effects of Pesticides on the Environment. Her Book Silent Spring is widely known ans the Gold Standard in Changing the way people think about the environment.
If you are not familiar with her- what follows are some images and quotes that will endear you to the work that she pursued at a time that women were not all that well heard . . . Thank you Rachel for my beautiful natural environment that I get to visit every day. Happy Birthday!!!
“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and
realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for
destruction.”
― Rachel Carson
― Rachel Carson
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of
strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something
infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance
that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”
― Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
― Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
“To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist moving over a great salt marsh, to watch the flight of shore birds that have swept up and down the surf lines of the continents for untold thousands of years, to see the running of the old eels and the young shad to the sea, is to have knowledge of things that are as nearly eternal as any earthly life can be.”
― Rachel Carson
“It is ironic to think that man might determine his own future by something so seemingly trivial as the choice of an insect spray.”
― Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
Died: April 14, 1964
in Silver Spring, Maryland
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