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04-13-2019 06:03 AM
This life portrait honors nature author Rachel Carson, whose writings led to new laws on pesticides and ushered in an environmental movement.
Director: Michelle Ferrari
Initial release: 2017
PBS: Biographical Movies, Documentaries
04-13-2019 06:50 AM
This one sounds like something I’d like!
04-13-2019 07:34 AM
@Sweet_Serenity The Rachel Carson estuaries near me up north are beautiful. Were it not for her I"m sure it would just be another over crowded messy coastline.
Wonderful woman.
04-13-2019 11:15 AM
I have seen this. I still have a copy of "Silent Spring", sittng out and not packed away.
04-13-2019 01:36 PM - edited 04-13-2019 01:36 PM
And yet, when she released "Silent Spring", she was trashed by other scientists and big chemical corporations. After all, DDT and other pesticides were big, big business. She was labeled a "hysterical woman", amongst other derogatory names.
Thank God she stood strong and held to her beliefs, refusing to back down. She set in motion a chain of events that have benefited all of us, the environment and wildlife. A remarkable woman.
ETA: I also have her book "A Sense of Wonder". I love it.
04-14-2019 09:47 AM
@Sweet_Serenity @Venezia @Cakers3 @Jtdmum
Here are a couple of things found on an internet search...oh, how little I know!
From the National Resource Defense Council:
She was a very incredible person!
04-14-2019 06:15 PM
Thank God for Rachel Carson who did so much for our health and well being. Fighting corrupt greedy corporations who don't care about anything but profit isn't easy and I salute such an asset to the cause. These are the people I admire and respect and who hold important places in society in my opinion.
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