A Fable for Tomorrow - Rachel Carson

 

Rachel Carson (1907-1964) was an American marine biologist, who played a key role in laying the foundations of the modern environmental movement. She published 'The Silent Spring (1962) that described the ill effects of chemical pesticides like DDT (Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane) that was available in America for widespread agricultural use in 1945. 'A fable for Tomorrow' is the opening chapter of 'The Silent Spring' where she blends fiction and reality and describes a fictional town teeming with life. She also narrates how the town decayed for its indiscriminate pesticide use.

Silent Spring – Rachel Carson (1907-1964)

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Rachel Carson, an American biologist, writer and conservationist, with her Sea trilogy explored the whole of ocean life from the shores to depth.  In the late 1950s, she turned her attention to conservation and came out with ‘Silent Spring’ (1962) that dealt with the problems caused by synthetic pesticides and the ways and means to solve these problems. Actually this book brought environmental concerns to the American public and that led to the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970s. Thus, ‘Silent Spring’ Sparked the global grass roots environmental movement in 1962 by proclaiming as humans are dependent on their living environment, the environment’s protection is inevitable.