1. writer, scientist, and ecologist
Rachel Carson
writer,
scientist, and ecologist

2. Rachel Carson
“ It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the sense of wonder and humility.” Rachel Carson

3. Rachel Carson NAME: Rachel Carson BIRTHDATE: May 27, 1907
BIRTHPLACE: Springdale, PA

4. Rachel Carson EDUCATION:
1925- entered Pennsylvania College for Women (now Chatham College) graduated with honors, earning a scholarship to continue her studies at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD M.A. in Zoology from John Hopkins University.

5. Rachel Carson FAMILY BACKGROUND:
The youngest of three children, Rachel Carson had a rugged upbringing in a simple farmhouse outside the western Pennsylvania river town of Springdale. She credited her mother with introducing her to the world of nature that became her lifelong passion.

6. Rachel Carson Her work:
She is most famous for her work with pesticides
Wrote and researched the about the effects of pesticides on the ecosystem
Documentation on the effects of DDT on marine life
Harmful effects of other chlorinated hydrocarbons

7. Rachel Carson
Researched and wrote articles are various Marine Biology subjects including:
Oyster Farming
The economy of Commercial Fishing in the Chesapeake Bay
Birds also often appeared in her writings

8. Rachel Carson
Authored many bulletins directed at the American public about Conservation.
"Conservation in Action,“
to exploring wildlife and ecology on national wildlife refuges
"Food from the Sea“
proper preparation of fish and shellfish

9. Rachel Carson R. L. Carson:
“Inasmuch as these articles deal largely with economic questions, the scientific basis of conservation, etc., we have felt that they would be more effective… if they were presumably written by a man. For various reasons I prefer to use the same name in my personal writing.”
As quoted in Linda Lear’s biography of Rachel Carson

10. Rachel Carson The Sea Around Us The Edge of the Sea,
The ocean currents regulation of climate
Squid and Sperm Whales and other animals
Necessity of Conservation
Etc.
The Edge of the Sea,
The ecology of organisms on shorelines.

11. Rachel Carson Under the Sea-Wind
The interactions between the sea and birds

12. Rachel Carson Chemical companies Readers Digest Government
She approached Readers digest to write an article about pesticides and their harmful effects but readers digest
rejected her so she wrote a book and had it published (silent spring)
Chemical companies fought her on her claim that DDT was a harmful pesticide. The companies were a billion dollar business The pesticide industry reacted with a massive campaign to discredit Carson and her findings. Firmly and gently, she spent the next 2 years educating the public at large While very ill.
Was endorsed by JFKs science advisory committee and the modern environment movement was born.
Rachelcarson.org
Answers.com

13. Rachel Carson
Chemical Companies $300 Million industry VS Quiet Little Woman
Her book Silent Spring went into a noisy Summer once the chemical companies had to take dangerous chemicals off the market.

14. Rachel Carson J Gordan Edwards speech on Rachel Carson’s lies
DDT is not a harmful pesticide

15. Rachel Carson
She approached Readers Digest to write an article on nature. She was turned down Later they published an abridged article of her book ‘The Sea Around Us’

16. Rachel Carson
President Kennedy environmental advisory board recognized the need to review policies.
Dawning of new environment age

17. Rachel Carson This presentation was by Shukri Bashir Jennifer Hunter
Karen Downer