#silent-spring — Public Fediverse posts
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Ich habe gerade meinen Europaabgeordneten angerufen und ihn darum gebeten den Pestizid Omnibus abzulehnen.
Ihr solltet das auch tun :)
Das geht echt fix und das Umweltinstitut hat einen kurzen Leitfaden dazu erstellt.
https://umweltinstitut.org/landwirtschaft/mitmachaktionen/ihr-anruf-gegen-den-pestizid-omnibus/
#eupol #pestizide #silentspring #umwelt #landwirtschaft #lieferkette
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Ich habe gerade meinen Europaabgeordneten angerufen und ihn darum gebeten den Pestizid Omnibus abzulehnen.
Ihr solltet das auch tun :)
Das geht echt fix und das Umweltinstitut hat einen kurzen Leitfaden dazu erstellt.
https://umweltinstitut.org/landwirtschaft/mitmachaktionen/ihr-anruf-gegen-den-pestizid-omnibus/
#eupol #pestizide #silentspring #umwelt #landwirtschaft #lieferkette
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Silent Spring
Vor ein paar Tagen bin ich von einer Reise nach Bosnien-Herzegowina und Kroatien zurückgekommen. Ich verbinde viele Erinnerungen an diese Länder. Mein Vater ist Banatdeutscher, und in meiner Kindheit waren wir jeden Sommer da. Mein Vater liebte den Balkan, konnte dort serbo-kroatisch (sagt man heute nicht mehr) sprechen.
In 10 Tagen habe ich dort eine einzige Eidechse gesehen. Früher huschten sie bei Schritt und Tritt über die Steine, überall raschelte es. Wenn man sich hinsetzen wollte, musste man immer sehr aufpassen, weil es von Ameisen wimmelte. Unter den Pinien und Zypressen schrillten die Zikaden manchmal ohrenbetäubend.
Am letzten Tag der Reise saß ich für einen Nachmittag im Schatten der Pinien auf der Insel Lokrum, vor Dubrovnik. Keine Eidechse, keine Ameisen, keine Zikade. Nur ein einsamer Käfer und die Schreie der Inselpfauen.
Die Stille war bedrückend. Geräusche sind so eng mit Orten und Erinnerungen verbunden ... diesmal war es fast wie in einem Stummfilm..
Meine kurze Recherche hat den Einbruch der Tierpopulationen an der Adria leider bestätigt.
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Had no idea that at the occasion of the publication of Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" in 1962, Monsanto published a speculative account of the devastation that a year without pesticides would bring to the USA.
#RachelCarson #SilentSpring #SystemsThatMatter
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Had no idea that at the occasion of the publication of Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" in 1962, Monsanto published a speculative account of the devastation that a year without pesticides would bring to the USA.
#RachelCarson #SilentSpring #SystemsThatMatter
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Across #Texas and #Oklahoma, journalist Saul Elbein says #fracking companies have been spreading their potentially #radioactive, #PFAS filled solid waste on farmland and near communities, largely without scrutiny, for decades.
Saul sees this as a modern-day #SilentSpring: a slow-moving, mostly invisible contamination story hiding in plain sight, one that will only become undeniable once until the damage is already done. -
Across #Texas and #Oklahoma, journalist Saul Elbein says #fracking companies have been spreading their potentially #radioactive, #PFAS filled solid waste on farmland and near communities, largely without scrutiny, for decades.
Saul sees this as a modern-day #SilentSpring: a slow-moving, mostly invisible contamination story hiding in plain sight, one that will only become undeniable once until the damage is already done. -
Cartoonjournaal 23 december 2025.
Lees het bijbehorende artikel op mijn LinkedIn profiel:
#cartoonjournaal #humor #socialmedia #actualiteit #insecten #ecologie #pesticiden #Kersrboodschap #voedselweb #SilentSpring
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Cartoonjournaal 23 december 2025.
Lees het bijbehorende artikel op mijn LinkedIn profiel:
#cartoonjournaal #humor #socialmedia #actualiteit #insecten #ecologie #pesticiden #Kersrboodschap #voedselweb #SilentSpring
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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.
The impact of her book proved seminal to a new ecological awareness. But even 30 years later, Carson was denounced for “preservationist hysteria” and “bad science.” But she had said when the book was published: "We do not ask that all chemicals be abandoned. We ask moderation. We ask the use of other methods less harmful to our environment."
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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.
The impact of her book proved seminal to a new ecological awareness. But even 30 years later, Carson was denounced for “preservationist hysteria” and “bad science.” But she had said when the book was published: "We do not ask that all chemicals be abandoned. We ask moderation. We ask the use of other methods less harmful to our environment."
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At its 63rd birthday Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" is going as strong as ever. Here a little celebration. #RachelCarson #SilentSpring #ecology #toxicology #scienceWriting https://manywordsandnumbers.org/2025/09/12/in-praise-of-rachel-carsons-silent-spring/
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At its 63rd birthday Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" is going as strong as ever. Here a little celebration. #RachelCarson #SilentSpring #ecology #toxicology #scienceWriting https://manywordsandnumbers.org/2025/09/12/in-praise-of-rachel-carsons-silent-spring/
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Jest! Mamy to! Nowy wpis na blogu 😉
Dziś polecam klasykę literatury popularnonaukowej 📖 -
Jest! Mamy to! Nowy wpis na blogu 😉
Dziś polecam klasykę literatury popularnonaukowej 📖 -
What would summer’s haikus talk about without the cicadas?
I miss their screams in Caracas: they went extinct ten or more years ago.
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What would summer’s haikus talk about without the cicadas?
I miss their screams in Caracas: they went extinct ten or more years ago.
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@GMWatch Very informative website. This for example:
#Ecocide #NoGMO #ChemicalWarfare #Agroecology #SilentSpring -
@GMWatch Very informative website. This for example:
#Ecocide #NoGMO #ChemicalWarfare #Agroecology #SilentSpring -
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
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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
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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 -
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
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@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.
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@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. 😞
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@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 -
'Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.'
#RachelCarson #SilentSpring -
'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
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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
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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.1/2
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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.1/2
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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
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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
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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.
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"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
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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
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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.
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#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
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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 (don't forget the alt text).
