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.
rivers environmental causes
Conservation is a cause that has no end. There is no point at which we will say our work is finished.
environment
In nature nothing exists alone.
world firsts environment
For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death.
ocean sea environmental
It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose, should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that life. But the sea, though changed in a sinister way, will continue to exist: the threat is rather to life itself.
past earth environment
I like to define biology as the history of the earth and all its life - past, present, and future.
radiation environment chemicals
We are rightly appalled by the genetic effects of radiation; how then, can we be indifferent to the same effect in chemicals we disseminate widely in our environment?
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.
across alone blazing bright companion flowing patterns planet river standing
My companion and I were alone with the stars: the misty river of the Milky Way flowing across the sky, the patterns of the constellations standing out bright and clear, a blazing planet low on the horizon.
beauty earth endure lasts life resources strength
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find resources of strength that will endure as long as life lasts
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They want to see you in front of them, shake hands or bow. Whereas domestically, you can get by using the Web or the phone for sales.
beauty habitat natural save
They'll save their own habitat and save the beauty of our natural areas.
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.
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It is the public that is being asked to assume the risks...the public must decide whether it wishes to continueon the present road and it can only do sowhen in full possession of the facts...