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

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

@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

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/

@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

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

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.'"

Read more:
https://wholepeople.com/whole-earth-catalog/

#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 - #RachelCarson - 1962

Available through the #InternetArchive!

"Silent Spring by Rachel Carson is an expertly written #environmental science book published in 1962. It focuses on the documentation of detrimental effects that the haphazard use of #pesticides has on the #environment. In the book, she is vocal about her criticism of #ChemicalIndustry which she blames for the rampant #disinformation that is aimed at ensuring that public official accepts their claims unquestioningly (Carson and Lear). Carson had earlier focused all her attention on conservation efforts and in particular in environmental problems caused pesticides.The result of her new found passion culminated in the writing of Silent Spring (1962) that brought out her environmental concerns with the aim of sharing them with the American public."

https://archive.org/details/fp_Silent_Spring-Rachel_Carson-1962

#Extinction #CitizenScience #CitizenScientist