Primavera silenziosa

A must read book for the concerned. Carson brings forth, without ever putting on alarmist garbs, all the horrors of the warfare that we have undertaken against ourselves. The book is of course outdated and most of the bigger concerns have been, if not addressed, at least taken seriously. But the tru Leggi tutto

One person alone can achieve anything if there is a dedicated public behind it. It´s inspiring to see what a human with a vision has achieved on his own, because the book has changed the behavior of one of the most influential, one could also use other adjectives, governments of the world. Although o Leggi tutto

Silent Spring, one of the most environmentally significant publications in history, was published on September 20, 1962. I update this review in the face of some mildly encouraging news on speaking to climate change from the Biden administration, which I hope is not as I fear, too little, too late. O Leggi tutto

Netflix recently released a documentary called Seaspiracy , which details exactly how the fishing industry is decimating the ocean. Have you seen it yet? Seven years prior another documentary called Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret detailed exactly how animal agriculture, namely cow farming, is d Leggi tutto

How could I forget the first book I read about pesticides, and how they are destroying our planet? Rachel Carson is literally my hero. After reading Carson's book, I decided this is what I wanted to do with my life. I spent many years in the field of environmental geology, and I have her to thank. I Leggi tutto

The “silent spring” that Rachel Carson anticipated in her 1962 classic of environmentalist literature became a lived reality in the spring of 2020, when people around the world sheltered in their homes and a busy world turned eerily quiet. It may not have been exactly the kind of “silent spring” tha Leggi tutto

I picked this up because it's a a classic of American nature and environmental writing, and ostensibly marks the beginning of American environmental activism in the modern sense (i.e. more "we deserve not to be poisoned" than "leisure grounds for posterity"). I found the rhetorical style interesting Leggi tutto

2 stars DNF @ 35% Welcome to Quickie Review with Valliya , a new series of reviews that I am starting if I don't feel like writing a review, but still have some thoughts so I talk about them in a quick and concise manner :D I can see why Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was so influential: it is easy Leggi tutto

Advocacy is tricky. When you’re trying to motivate people to take action, you need to decide whether to appeal to the head, to the heart, to some combination of the two, or perhaps to some more delicate faculty. Upton Sinclair miscalculated when he wrote The Jungle , aiming for the heart but instead Leggi tutto