Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring made her a household name, but her private life has been kept just that, very private. A newly published book of correspondence between Rachel Carson and her intimate friend, Dorothy Freeman, gives insight into Carson’s convictions, and a remarkable friendship. Host Steve Curwood speaks with the book’s editor, Martha Freeman, […]

Common synthetic chemicals are getting into the human body, seriously affecting our immune systems, our intelligence, and our ability to reproduce. Steve Curwood follows the investigative trail of endocrine disrupters through laboratories and field sites, talking to scientists who are convinced Rachel Carson’s predictions of thirty years ago are coming true.

Three generations of women from the same family have woven together three different poems about their lake house in Connecticut ?and their blended poem won the EPA’s Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder Contest.

Three generations of women from one family came together to write a poem about their New England lake house. And, this year, their poem was chosen as the winner of the EPA’s Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder contest.

Author Elizabeth Kolbert travels the world to get firsthand accounts of the effects of climate change.