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Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring,” Narrated by Katherine Richardson
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June 16, 2026
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1:12Now PlayingKatherine Richardson is a Professor in Biological Oceanography at the University of Copenhagen and active in the development of Earth system science. She leads the Queen Margrethe and Vigdís Finnbogadóttir´s Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Ocean, Climate, and Society and is an architect of the Planetary Boundaries Framework. Richardson tells of marine biologist Rachel Carson, whose 1962 book Silent Spring exposed the dangers of pesticides and sparked the modern environmental movement.
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From the time of our country’s founding 250 years ago, the story of America has been one of the constant efforts of Americans—from all races, ethnicities, genders, and abilities—to make real the belief that we are all created equal and have a right to have a say in our democracy. We will be telling their stories over the next several weeks because now, as ever, “We Are America.”
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DDT is good for me advertisement, Time, June 30, 1947.
Scan by Flickr user Crossett Library.
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Earth Day, Fifth Avenue and 51st Street, April 22, 1970.
New York Police Department photograph collection. NYC Municipal Archives.
Students gather for a Diag rally during Michigan’s 1970 Teach-In on the Environment.
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University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, Ann Arbor
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