the Google Doodle of the day
May 27, 2014
is such a pretty little thing
in conjunction with
Rachel Louise Carson’s 107th birthday
so it actually does us good
on top of the artistic mood
we explore great people and things
which we would otherwise would not hear about
Rachel Carson
May 27, 1907 - April 14, 1964
marine biologist and conservationist whose
book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with
advancing the global environmental movement
(summary by Google)
Silent Spring focuses on the impact of
synthetic pesticides on the environment -
with the title referring to the absence of
birdsong across swathes of agricultural landscape
following the widespread introduction of
pesticides and other intensive farming practices.
She won a National Book Award for the
first book of her bestselling trilogy,
in which she explores the ocean life,
The Sea Around Us, published in 1951.
Her next book, The Edge of the Sea, and
the reissued version of her first book,
Under the Sea Wind,
were also successful.
Carson is also credited with being an inspiration for
the creation of the US Environmental Protection Agency,
a US government agency focused on
protecting human health and the environment.
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