Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring,” Narrated by Katherine Richardson
Katherine Richardson is a Professor in Biological Oceanography at the University of Copenhagen and active in the development of Earth system science. She leads the Queen Margrethe and Vigdís Finnbogadóttir´s Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Ocean, Climate, and Society and is an architect of the Planetary Boundaries Framework. Richardson tells of marine biologist Rachel Carson, whose 1962 book Silent Spring exposed the dangers of pesticides and sparked the modern environmental movement.
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Unless otherwise noted, all images used in this video are in the public domain.
DDT is good for me advertisement, Time, June 30, 1947.
Scan by Flickr user Crossett Library.
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Earth Day, Fifth Avenue and 51st Street, April 22, 1970.
New York Police Department photograph collection. NYC Municipal Archives.
Students gather for a Diag rally during Michigan’s 1970 Teach-In on the Environment. 1970-03
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, Ann Arbor
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As a high school student in Michigan in the early 70’s I read “Silent Spring” (my biology teacher and great influencer of my life recommended it). The book did indeed make a big difference as I went on to get a degree in limnology, the study of fresh water habitats. Through twists and turns of life I ended up as a public health Infectious Diseases physician in Maryland and now live in a house that less than a mile from the Rachel Carson Preserve. 🙂❤️
I’ve been enjoying these 1-minute vignettes. How about inviting everyone and anyone to create our own 1-minute videos (maybe supply us a template for intro and outro?) about people and happenings that we believe contribute to our national tapestry? Kind of like the AIDS quilt - no prior authorization necessary; just a collection of individual contributions that make up a wondrous whole.