TY - BOOK AU - Carson, Rachel TI - Silent Spring U1 - 574.5 PY - 1962/// CY - New York PB - Penguin Books KW - Ecology N1 - Silent Spring inspired the modern environmental movement, which began in earnest a decade later. It is recognized as the environmental text that “changed the world.” She aimed at igniting a democratic activist movement that would not only question the direction of science and technology but would also demand answers and accountability. Rachel Carson was a prophetic voice and her “witness for nature” is even more relevant and needed if our planet is to survive into a 22nd century ER -