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The US Federal Government Responds | Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
This is Chapter 2 of the exhibition “Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: A book that changed the world” by historian Mark Stoll.
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The Power of a Book | Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
This is Chapter 1 of the exhibition “Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: A book that changed the world” by historian Mark Stoll.
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Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, a Book That Changed the World (Version 1 PDF) | Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
In 2012, the Environment & Society Portal and Mark Stoll published the virtual exhibition “Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, a Book That Changed the World.” Version 2 of this virtual exhibition [February 2020] implements the Environment & Society Portal’s new responsive exhibition template and includes minor content updates from author Mark Stoll. This page provides a link to a PDF of the original version.
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Industrial and Agricultural Interests Fight Back | Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
This is Chapter 3 of the exhibition “Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: A book that changed the world” by historian Mark Stoll.
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Why Europe Responded Differently from the United States | Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
This is Chapter 9 of the exhibition “Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: A book that changed the world” by historian Mark Stoll.
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The Personal Attacks on Rachel Carson as a Woman Scientist | Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
This is Chapter 4 of the exhibition “Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: A book that changed the world” by historian Mark Stoll.
Multimedia | image
Photograph of Rachel Carson testifying before Congress, 1963
Rachel Carson testifying before the Senate Government Operations subcommitte.
Multimedia | film profile
Wrenched
Wrenched captures the passing of the monkey wrench from the pioneers of eco-activism to the new generation who carries Edward Abbey’s legacy into the 21st century. The fight continues to bring awareness to the need for protection of the last bastion of the American wilderness - the spirit of the West.
Arcadia
How Birds Became Europeans: Bird Protection Activists Cooperating across Borders for Supranational Protection
In April 1979, the European Communities (EC) adopted the Council Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds (79/409/EEC), the so-called “Birds Directive.”
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Tributaries of Radical Environmentalism before Earth First! | Radical Environmentalism’s Print History
Bron Taylor discusses books, authors, and other streams of American counterculture which had significant impacts on radical environmentalism and the founding of the Earth First! movement.