Profiles the work of forty of the leading conservationists and the animals and causes they are committed to saving, including Belinda Low, Doublas Hamilton, Karen Eckert, and S.T. Wong.
Relates the efforts of twenty-two young men and women whose strive to make a positive impact on the environment, including Diné activist Enei Begaye--who works to bring green jobs to the reservation--Jamie Henn, the co-founder of 350.org, Canadian cancer survivor David Nickarz--…
Rachel Carson, founder of the modern environmental movement, began work on her seminal book Silent Spring in the late 1950s, when a dizzying array of synthetic pesticides had come into use. Leading this chemical onslaught was the insecticide DDT. Effective against crop pests as …
Rachel Carson, founder of the modern environmental movement, began work on her seminal book Silent Spring in the late 1950s, when a dizzying array of synthetic pesticides had come into use. Leading this chemical onslaught was the insecticide DDT. Effective against crop pests as …
Rachel Carson, founder of the modern environmental movement, began work on her seminal book Silent Spring in the late 1950s, when a dizzying array of synthetic pesticides had come into use. Leading this chemical onslaught was the insecticide DDT. Effective against crop pests as …
This book is a biography of Rachel Carson, scientist, writer, marine biologist, and environmentalist.
Daughter of the "Wolf of Wall Street," Belle Baruch (1899-1964) could outride, outshoot, outhunt, and outsail most of the young men of her elite social circle. Unapologetic for her athleticism and interests in traditionally masculine pursuits, Baruch towered above male and femal…
Belle W. Baruch (1899-1964) could outride, outshoot, outhunt, and outsail most of the young men of her elite social circle-abilities that distanced her from other debutantes of 1917. Unapologetic for her athleticism and interests in traditionally masculine pursuits, Baruch tower…