Rachel Carson is one of the people that you can choose to profile for this week's homework assignment. Timely enough, there was a very nice profile of her in last Weekend's New York Times Magazine. In an age when problems like global warming or the challenge of feeding an ever growing and seemingly insatiable human population can seem hopelessly insurmountable, I think Rachel Carson's legacy is a powerful beacon of hope. A number of environmental....or really human....success stories such as the return of Bald Eagles and other birds of prey from the brink of extinction are a direct result of the awareness that Carson raised. It is a reminder that we can wisely manage our interaction with the planet if we put our mind to it.
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