![]() ![]() She continued as a junior aquatic biologist. ![]() VIDEO: She started by writing radio scripts about fish. GELLERMAN: In the auditorium at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, in Brewster Massachusetts a short video recounts the life of Rachel Carson. Living on Earth’s Bruce Gellerman traveled to Cape Cod for this appreciation of the legacy of Rachel Carson. Rachel Carson was born 100 years ago this month, on and her birthday is being commemorated in many places. It is impossible to understand man without understanding his environment”. Science is part of the reality of living it is the what, the how, and the why of everything in our experience. The materials of science are the materials of life itself. But this notion that "science" is something apart from everyday life, is one that I should like to challenge. “Many people have commented with surprise on the fact that a work of science should have a large popular sale. And let me read from her acceptance speech: When Silent Spring was published Rachel Carson was already the winner of the national book award for her best-selling volume, the Sea Around Us. Her book captured the public’s imagination with its devastating account of the dangers of pesticides such as DDT. With those two words Rachel Carson sparked the modern environmental movement back in 1962. Stick around!ĪNNOUNCER: Support for Living on Earth comes from the National Science Foundation and Stonyfield Farm.ĬURWOOD: From the Jennifer and Ted Stanley Studios in Somerville, Massachusetts - this is Living on Earth. If you have some reason to question something, it’s your duty to do exactly that.ĬURWOOD: Rachel Carson and more this week on Living on Earth. GELLERMAN: Also, at the hundredth birthday of environmental pioneer Rachel Carson, a look back at her message.ĭWYER: I think what Rachel was trying to explain to people is that just because the government is trying to tell you that something is OK doesn’t mean it’s OK. I feel this is willfully and knowingly leaving these kids in harms way, you know this is a form of child abuse. WILEY: When you’ve got two-point-eight billion gallons of toxic sludge sittin’ over an elementary school it’s, it’s not good. There have been major disasters when coal slurry dams fail, and that’s got some folks in a West Virginia town mighty worried. When coal is mined and sent to market, a toxic slurry is usually left behind. ![]() CURWOOD: From Public Radio International - this is Living on Earth. ![]()
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