“Our heedless and destructive acts enter the vast cycles of the earth and in time return to bring hazard to ourselves." #OnThisDay, 27 Sept 1962, Rachel Carson's influential book 'Silent Spring' is published, documenting the environmental impact of pesticides.

https://carvehername.org.uk/sixty-years-of-silent-spring/

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Ha ha, I love this photo; when revolutionaries could look like your mum! Carson is a towering figure, a true visionary who was early to see the wreckage we wrought in our bid to become more wealthy...