Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson
Rachel Louise Carsonwas an American marine biologist and conservationist whose book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement...
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth27 May 1907
CitySpringdale, PA
environment
Those who love and free nature are never alone.
occurred seen sight
It occurred to me that if this were a sight that could be seen only once in a century, this little headland would be thronged with spectators.
nature zoos ocean
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.
eras dollars cost
It is also an era dominated by industry, in which the right to make a dollar at whatever cost is seldom challenged.
speaks-out knowing people
Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent... It is, in the deepest sense, a privilege as well as a duty to speak out to many thousands of people...
choices
The Choice, after all, is ours to make.
mystery threshold greater
Every mystery solved brings us to the threshold of a greater one.
eras problem fit
This is an era of specialists, each of whom sees his own problem and is unaware of or intolerant of the larger frame into which it fits.