Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002
Originally published in 1962, Silent Spring is credited with advancing the concepts of environmentalism that led to the founding of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and existing laws that protect the air and water. Currently the agency, the Clean Air Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the Clean Water Act are threatened. Gaining knowledge of the basis for the creation of the Agency and these environmental regulations allows one to articulate a position for maintaining and strengthening them.
This book is part of the 2017 Berkeley Summer Reading List. Stay tuned for more weekly posts!