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@GMWatch Very informative website. This for example:
#Ecocide #NoGMO #ChemicalWarfare #Agroecology #SilentSpring

Some bullet points re increased use of herbicides and insecticides after introduction of genetic modified crops:
● Adoption of GM glyphosate-tolerant crops has led to large increases in the use of Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides.2 Global glyphosate use has risen 15-fold since GM glyphosate-tolerant crops were introduced in 1996,3 driven by the spread of resistant weeds.4
●In response, GMO seed companies have developed GM crops tolerant to multiple herbicides, such as 2,4-D and dicamba, as well as glyphosate,5 sharply increasing the use of these herbicides in addition.6
●Claims that GM Bt crops have reduced insecticide use7 mostly rely on data from early years of deployment, before pests developed resistance.8 Resistance has driven farmers to return to chemical insecticides.

https://www.zdf.de/play/dokus/zdf-info-100/der-bio-boom-100-jahre-oekologische-landwirtschaft-102

"Um 1924 entsteht die Biolandwirtschaft als Antwort auf den Einsatz von Chemie, als eine Rückbesinnung auf alte Anbautechniken. Die Bedeutung der Tiere, der Böden, der Düngung und des Umgangs mit der #Natur wird über ein Jahrhundert hinweg auf darauf spezialisierten Biohöfen beibehalten. Ob beim Biobauern im direkten Verkauf oder in Biosupermärkten: Kundinnen und Kunden sind Klimaschutz, Tierwohl und gesunde #Ernährung beim Einkauf wichtig."

#pestizide #ddt #glyphosat #silentSpring #RachelCarson #organic #bio #landwirtschaft #egge #essen #humus #regenerativeLandwirtschaft

Today, @jhembrow and I took part in the Extinction Rebellion protest against pesticide use, especially the extra high level of usage for growing flowers.
Why do we still have to do this, 63 years after "Silent Spring" was published ?
#xr #bollenteelt #extinctionrebellion #drenthe #assen #silentspring #rachelcarson @xrdrenthe

Fairly large crowd on the Koopmansplein in Assen. Some in bee costumes. A banner reads "Gif doodt alles!" - poison kills everything.

Walking along the street on the way to the Koopmansplein

Another view of the Koopmansplein, quite a few people dressed as bees.

Judy looking good in her bee outfit, pushing her bike and ready to go.

Is Earth Day's legacy at risk? Heather Cox Richardson reflects on its origins, rooted in Rachel Carson’s **Silent Spring**, which challenged pesticide use and sparked public advocacy. Major environmental events led to over 20 million Americans rallying for reform in 1970. Today, however, Richardson critiques the Trump administration's focus on resource extraction over conservation, risking hard-earned environmental protections. Explore these contrasts and their implications. Read more [here](https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-22-2025). #EarthDay #Environmentalism #SilentSpring #ClimateChange

@3sat Ich hätte nicht gedacht, so ein Szenario in meiner Lebenszeit mitzuerleben. Aber gut, wenn der Insektenbestand um rund 3/4 geschrumpft ist …

#SilentSpring ganz konkret: Als wir vor 20 Jahren in unsere Wohnung in Berlin-Pankow eingezogen sind, war im Frühling der Gesang der Vögel hinter unserem Haus oft so laut (und vielstimmig), daß wir morgens um 4:30 Uhr davon wach geworden sind und die Schlafzimmerfenster geschlossen haben.

Heute: nichts.

#RachelCarson #SilentSpring #climatechange #ClimateAction #metacrisis

"We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair.
The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster.
The other fork of the road - the one less traveled by - offers our last, our only chance to reach a destination that assures the preservation of the earth." -from Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Today is Internacional Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🔬🔭🧬

To celebrate I wanted to make a portrait of Rachel Carson, marine biologist, conservationist and writer. She's the author of a marine life trilogy and also Silent Spring, a very important book to the environmental cause.

#february11 #rachelcarson #silentspring #portrait #illustration #digitalart

@FelisCatus
In France, we have seen black mylans at the end of January, whereas they come down at the end of March. On a sunny February 1st, early in the morning, birds were singing as if it were spring. Problem: the polar vortex threatens to split into two parts and bring severe cold.

#SilentSpring

Nejvyšší hodnoty pesticidů v mateřském mléce byly v letech 1971-1973. Já se narodil v roce 1972.
Moc hezký.

#^https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/historie-ceskoslovensti-zemedelci-praskovali-a-zemrely-desitky-lidi-40507144

#TichéJaro #SilentSpring

Yet another MSM article that fails to mention pollution when another dead orca is found. Fat soluable toxins get into the milk that newborns must then drink. A heavy load in mom means a heavy dose for the newborn.

#Orcas #SilentSpring #RachelCarson

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/02/orca-whale-tahlequah-calf-grief

https://whalesanddolphinsbc.com/education-parent/toxins-and-pollution/

Whales
Grieving killer whale who carried calf’s body spotted again with dead baby
Experts say sighting of orca in Puget Sound with second deceased calf is ‘devastating’ for ailing population Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Thu 2 Jan 2025

WHALES AND DOLPHINS BC
Chemical Pollution
A publication of Wild- Ocean-Whale Society (WOWs)

The health of marine mammals living in the waters of British Columbia is threatened by chemicals that were introduced into the environment many years ago. These chemicals, due to their very slow degradation process, are called persistent organic pollutants and can remain in the environment for many years (e.g. over 20 years). The chemicals enter food chains and accumulate in the tissues of animals at the top of the food chains, animals that are apex predators like whales and dolphins. The concentration of these chemicals within predators is extremely high, which affects the health of these animals and in many cases leads to death.

@ecosdelfuturo
As we have just discovered, we live in a country where the population is so GD stupid they think measuring the temperature rise in Celsius means it's only happening in countries that are on the Metric system.

I'm serious. 😞
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #SilentSpring

#SilentSpring Two: Dead Bug-aloo

https://www.wuft.org/environment/2024-10-21/floridas-declining-lovebug-population-may-make-for-cleaner-windshields-but-it-signals-a-troubling-trend

'Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.'
#RachelCarson #SilentSpring

What a bunch of hooey! Yes, Uranium is natural and should be kept in the ground!!! smh Hey, remember the ads that used to tout, "DDT is good for me!" Yeah, about that. Should we fear ALL chemicals? Of course not. More like, should we fear being LIED to by #BigChemical, who have told us stuff was safe when in fact it wasn't. It seems the author doesn't want to acknowledge the harm done by greedy capitalists, and maybe she should start drinking Roundup to see how "safe" it is. smh.

"Uranium is natural."

https://slate.com/technology/2024/09/silent-spring-rachel-carson-environment-chemicals-fear.html

#ChemicalIndustry #CorporateBrainwashing #KatieMacBride #SilentSpring #Advertising

September 27, 1962

Rachel Carson's book indicting the pesticide industry, Silent Spring, was published.
The scientist (17 years with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) and writer demonstrated the connection between the excessive and ubiquitous use of DDT and its long-term effect on plants and animals.

#RachelCarson #SilentSpring

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Today in Labor History September 27, 1962: Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published, ushering in the modern environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #rachelcarson #SilentSpring #environment #ecology #activism #books #writer #author #nonfiction @bookstadon

Cover of the first edition, with yellow title against a green background. By http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=10564416107, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48694009

20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers. 16/20

#20Books20Days #20Books #Bookstodon #SilentSpring #RachelCarson

A green book cover with a stylized dying plant on the diagonal from the bottom left. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

What are ‘forever chemicals’

https://theconversation.com/what-exactly-are-forever-chemicals-and-can-we-move-beyond-them-237395

The warning of #RachelCarson, the late American marine biologist and writer, in #SilentSpring still remains powerful 60 years later: the chemicals we use in attempts to control nature are pushing its fragile limits beyond what it can handle.

Beyond PFAS

https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.adj7475

#foreverchemicals #PFAS #healthandsafety

A Short History Of The #WholeEarthCatalog

Dan
July 5, 2020

"Who remembers the Whole Earth Catalog? Anyone?

"For some, the Whole Earth Catalog was the bible for all things green and #ecofriendly, #offgrid, #BackToNature, and #enviromentally conscious and #sustainable.

"If you think environmentalism is a new phenomenon you’d be wrong.

"The seeds of the movement were planted with the writings of #JohnMuir in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. But perhaps, even more so by the publication in 1854 of #HenryDavidThoreau’s influential masterpiece #Walden.

"The modern environmental movement can arguably be traced back to the publication of #RachelCarson’s classic #SilentSpring in 1962.

"One of the major rallying points for the eco-movement was concern for the #pollution of the Great Lakes.

[...]

"As John Markoff, a technology writer for the New York Times, told the Guardian, the Whole Earth Catalog was 'the internet before the internet. It was the book of the future. It was a web in newsprint.'"

#WholeEarthCatalog #Counterculture #HippieGeek #StewartBrand #Permaculture #PreInternetResourceGuide

Where are all the #butterflies this year?

I really have seen barely any…and what about other insects? Very few spotted in my garden…the most common visitor are slugs.

The more I think about it, the most eerie this seems.

#ClimateBreakdown
#SilentSpring

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/13/butterflies-summer-absence-british-spring-decline-insects

#silentSpring

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