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Romantic Conversationalist
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 Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 6:27 pm
I have not finished this book yet, but after reading just the first few chapters, I think this book should be required reading in high school. Written by Rachel Carson, the book is a forty year old (but still so relevent) look at the danger human beings are putting our environment in, and the dangers it is providing us with in return.
Because I now work at a 'natural market' (health food store), I was already a bit aware of some of the things I read about in the book. But I had no idea how far some things like pesticides really went. When I looked up some of the concerns in the book on current web pages and in current magazines and other books, I was even more suprised to see that Silent Spring doesn't blow anything out of proportion. And everything in the book existed over forty years ago - in 1962. It's really just scary - and motivating - to think about how much worse things have become today.
So go read the book! Or better yet, if you've already read it, tell me what you think.
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:33 pm
We discussed this book in State of the World during one of the class lectures, but I have yet to read it. I would like to read it, however.
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 5:31 pm
I really want to read this book. I've learned about it in school and through independent reading so I'm interested in reading it.
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:23 pm
I checked out The Silent Spring from the campus library in an effort to get ideas what to do for a term paper. I will be reading it once my exams are over next week. It doesn't seem that long of a read so I should finish quickly.
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