“Conservation is a cause that has no end. There is no point at which we will say ‘our work is finished’” (Rachel Carson, A10). This stands today, as people rush to preserve land and get garbage out of the ocean. Rachel Carson brought to light the effect of pesticides, more specifically, DDT. This was not just because she presented facts, but that she presented them in a way that everyone could understand them, in a book called Silent Springs. Rachel Carson was a main contributor too creating ecological awareness.
Rachel Carson grew up on a 65 acre farm close to the Allegheny river (B1). She loved animals, and dreamed of seeing the ocean, but her goal was to be a writer. This was partly because at 10, a story she wrote was published in ‘St. Nicholas’, a magazine that published children’s work sent in by them. The magazine would even pay the children a little money, but it was seeing her story in the magazine that excited Rachel (A11). In 1925, she entered the Pennsylvania Collage for Woman, majoring in English. Halfway through, in a mandatory biology class, she decided to...
spring; DDT Albert Schweitzer once stated, “Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation” (Tbach) In the 1900’s, technology has discovered chemical substances that can easily terminate parasites and other disease transmitting insects. Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, known as DDT, and other pesticides usage sored as corporate made huge profit out of them. What public did not acknowledge, however, was malignant effects caused by these chemically mortified substances. As DDT usage increased
Rachel Carson has forever changed the very dynamic of the United States. Her books brought environmental issue to the forefront of public concern. She advocated fiercely and passionately for a change in the government’s policy with the environment. Her work and tireless effort centered on the growing problem of insecticides and pesticides in the general public, namely DDT. The chemical itself was extremely prevalent in the domestic markets but also a popular insecticide used during WWII. In one of
advancements. Rachel Carson was one of the people who had the courage and determination to stand up and question just how healthy these new advancements truly were for living creatures. Mrs. Carson’s effort to bring these things to light in her most well-known book, Silver Spring, a book that exposed just how dangerous the chemical dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and other synthetic chemicals was to the environment, animals, and humans. There was much more to her efforts and her concerns
urgency, government is working to combat global warming, but lacks the necessary social backing. This social support could be supplied through a new environmental movement that differs from past efforts. Throughout American history there have been three categories of environmental movements: preservation, conservation, and modern reform, all of which have failed to bring a ubiquitous social change and substantial impact on the overall environmental health. The United States’ origin of environmentalism can
to the environment shifted from conservation and management to enforced regulation and protection showing the impact of a changing American awareness of the environment. Although environmentalism and conservationism both promoted responsible human management of nature, the movements vary in their core ideologies. Specifically, conservation has its roots in the economic value of nature whereas environmentalism seeks to protect the environment from humans. Conservation arose in the early 20th century