April 22nd marks the 56th Earth Day. Founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson from Wisconsin in 1970, it was created to bring ...

—Rachel Carson, Silent Spring (p. 297) The publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring in 1962 is widely regarded as one of the major events that launched the modern environmental movement. Silent ...

Rachel Carson brought awareness to the harmful effects of pesticides including DDT when she published her book “Silent Spring ...

Spring -- Sense of wonder: Under the Sea-Wind -- Summer -- Florescence: The Sea Around Us -- Fall - The fullness of life: From The Edge of the Sea to DDT -- Winter -- The poison book and the dark ...