Before the publication of “Silent Spring” in 1962, environmental awareness was not a mainstream concern in the United States ...

Today host Lisa Dettmer spends the hour talking to Professor Lida Maxwell,  the author of the new book out by Stanford press called “ Rachel Carson and the Power of Queer love.” Rachel Carson, for ...

The Monterey Bay sparkles in morning sunlight as a person makes their way from Family Housing at UC Santa Cruz towards Rachel Carson College ... Her 1962 book, “Silent Spring,” chronicled ...

Chad Montrie, a history professor, highlights the labor roots of environmentalism in the US, explaining how ecological ...

Brandywine Brandall Estates by Monarch in Linwood recently hosted a 100th birthday celebration for Mamie G. Jackson, a former ...

Birding, or birdwatching, is more than a hobby; it is a journey into the intricate beauty of the natural world. This simple act of observing birds in their habi ...

Environmentalist Rachel Carson had not yet finished her book, "Silent Spring." A few years ago, the City Council considered using the location for recreational purposes. I opposed that idea ...

We recently published a three-part interview with Chris Reddy. Here, we provide the full text transcript of the conversation, ...

But this book is about much more than one James ... out and pay for secret-service work” (118). When Rachel Carson published Silent Spring in 1962, warning of environmental destruction by ...

RACHEL CARSON, whose seminal book Silent Spring exposed the detrimental effects of DDT that led to an overhaul of U.S. pesticide regulations, once wrote, “It was pleasant for me to believe . . . that ...

The wait is over. Rachel Chinouriri has unveiled dates for her first-ever North American headlining tour, scheduled to kick off in May. The start of the tour coincides with the one-year ...