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Rachel Carson's Silent Spring is now 35 years old. Written over the years 1958 to 1962, it took a hard look at the effects of insecticides and pesticides on songbird populations throughout the United States, whose declining numbers yielded the silence to which her title attests. "What happens in nature is not allowed to happen in the modern, chemical-drenched world," she writes, "where spraying destroys not only the insects but also their principal enemy, the birds. When later there is a resurgence of the insect population, as almost always happens, the birds are not there to keep their numbers in check." The publication of her impeccably reported text helped change that trend by setting off a wave of environmental legislation and galvanizing the nascent ecological movement. It is justly considered a classic, and it is well worth rereading today.
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Discusses the reckless annihilation of fish and birds by the use of pesticides and warns of the possible genetic effects on humans.
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I was disappointed to say the least of some of the following reviews of Silent Spring. It is no wonder that our earth is being so abused. Yes, Virginia, there is an environmental problem. Unfortunately, it is undeniable. The earth IS fragile (God-created or not), chemicals DO persist in the environment, and we "environmentalists" are NOT Marxists.
You see, the significance of Rachel Carson's book was not its scientific accuracy, nor the position it took on DDT. Its significance was that it helped to turn national, even global, consiousness in a different direction. Suddenly we were not the only species on the planet. The steps we take to improve ourselves actually have an impact on the rest of the world...on our own environment. Everyday we make compromises. Ban pesticides, eat a hamburger. Both have significant impacts on the health and hunger of those less fortunate. We help one, we hurt another, whether individuals, businesses, species, or nations. There are few easy ways out. With our tendency to ignore long-term consequences, both negative and positive, it is easy to argue forcibly against such activists as Rachel Carson. Short-term results are nearly absent when we seriously consider securing the future of the earth.
But shouldn't this security be a universal goal?
So read Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and be moved as she feels the groanings of the earth and speaks out on their behalf. Thank you, Rachel, for having that courage, for opening that door.
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This is the definitive book about ecological issues and is unfortunately just as applicable today as it was when Rachel Carsen wrote it in the early 1960's. We clearly have not listened enough to her warnings for we now have even more human-induced ecological problems such as global warming, ozone holes, increased UV-radiation etc. Maybe we did not listen because Silent Spring is primarily a superbly written informational book, which appeals to the converted, but not so much to those, who prefer lighter eco-reading materials. I mention this since I just finished reading a book, which presents eco-scientific facts from a refreshing and a brand new perspective: It is highly enjoyable science-fiction eco-novel, entitled, "ACCUSED BY FACET-EYES" by author/scientist C.B.DON. In Silent Spring Rachel Carsen mantions the terrible effects of pesticide spraying on orchards and the serious damage to the ecologically very important honeybee pollinator colonies. Well, "Accused By Facet-Eyes", takes Silent Spring one step further. It is a well researched, contemporary storyline, which presents specific honeybee as well as general global environmental problems, but in a heart-touching, thought-provoking and very honest novel, which takes a look at humanity's destructive practices through the point of view of another species, i.e the honeybees' "facet-eyes"! Both these books have a powerful eco-message and though separated by several decades, attack eco-problems, but from different aspects. The classic Silent Spring and the newly published, "Accused By Facet-Eyes" are rare eco-books, indeed, both truly worthwhile reading and with much to reflect upon long after one puts down them down!
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This book should be mandatory reading in all high schools. The issues identified decades ago are even more relevant today. This author made a major contribution to the world before her death. Now it is up to us to heed her early warning call.
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Ludicrously perfectionist
As a class assignment in (of all things) language arts, we had to read one chapter of this book and do a research project on it. To me, this book was completely BORING. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 10. April 2000 veröffentlicht
Science made available to general public
Rachel Carson had the ability to communicate to a broad audience. She wrote to the point but with a skill that makes reading Silent Spring enjoyable. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. März 2000 von swimr@angelfire.com
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This Book that Rachel Louise Carson wrote has had a tremndous impact on my life! I love the way she put things and how she put them in her words! Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 17. März 2000 veröffentlicht
Silent Spring was Amazing, but...
Silent Spring is, without a doubt, the most amazing book I have ever read. Though it is gut-loaded with facts, Carson' s ingenious wording makes reading it a somewhat enjoyable... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 11. Februar 2000 von Fei
Classic of the environmentalist movement.
Man's attempt to control environment and nature was born out of arrogance and has its roots in a primitive stage of biology that assumed that nature exists for man to do as he will... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 29. Januar 2000 veröffentlicht
Valuable then and now
The book's enduring message is that solutions to complex problems need to be enhanced over time because there is no one 'silver bullet' solution that satisfies all boundary... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 13. Januar 2000 von Rick Lytel
Mother of all junk science "environmentalism"
Over 35 years ago, this book, which would give aid and comfort to all those who would destroy our way of life, was written. Consider how the advocates of a certain policy (i.e. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. Dezember 1999 von Maria-Rosa de Hacia
Silent Spring is for the birds
This is one of the most influential books of our time. Even now, it contributes to the death of one child every 12 seconds, mostly in the Third World, because it helped to bring... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. Dezember 1999 von Jane Orient
Help for a french reader
I am very interesting to find all the books written by Rachel Carlson in french. I looked for these books in several book shops in france. Unsuccessfully . Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. November 1999 von Arnaud francoise
please help
I'm french girl and i watch on TV a subject about Rachel Carson. I want to buy her book but i would find a french version. Can you help me?
Veröffentlicht am 22. November 1999 von zimmer
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