Form the latter part of the 19th century onwards, individuals had raised their voices against exploiting nature. However, until the mid-20th century, there was neither general awareness among people regarding the impending danger nor solidarity among nations to fight against it.
Rachel Carson, a renowned environmentalist, on account of her persistent battle against anti-environmentalist forces and incessant guarding of nature’s cause, is considered by many the founder of modern environmental movements.
Rachel Carson was born in Pennsylvania. She went on to study biology at Johns Hopkins University and Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, She later worked for the US Fish and wild-life Service; and this provided her the opportunity to be closer to the marine life. Carson published her noted work, The Sea around Us and many other books during this time.
Her most famous work however was 1962’s Silent Spring. In this book, she described the devastating effect that pesticides had on the environment. She had to face severe criticism from chemical companies and others because of the book. However, Carson’s observations were proven Correct later. Her efforts bore fruit when pesticides like DDT were eventually banned.
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