Silent Spring, an International Best Seller | Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
This is Chapter 8 of the exhibition “Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: A book that changed the world” by historian Mark Stoll.
This is Chapter 8 of the exhibition “Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: A book that changed the world” by historian Mark Stoll.
Hausmüll documents the rise of a “new” environmental problem in post-war Germany, that of an increase in consumption and consequently a dramatic increase in waste.
This film follows a team travelling to Alaska to examine how much of our garbage has ended up in the region’s gyre—a rotating ocean current.
In Trash Dance, choreographer Allison Orr tries to persuade employees of the Austin Department of Solid Waste to participate in a public dance performance.
This film examines how Mexico City—home to 22 million people—is trying to become water sustainable.
This 1988 photograph by Richard Misrach portrays the influential activist group Princesses Against Plutonium.
This film examines the role of women in finding water in India, and how pollution impacts their communities.
Beschädigte Vegetation und sterbender Wald traces the history of the environmental problem of air pollution and its damaging effects on forests in Germany.
This is Chapter 9 of the exhibition “Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: A book that changed the world” by historian Mark Stoll.
The story of two teenage lovers, Hannah and Elmar, who seek refuge following the breakdown of a nuclear power station in Germany.