Late Post Week 15 April 21

While I am not a huge activist in saving the environment, I think it's important that we try to do so. I have done many beach clean-ups over the years, I recycle as much as I can, and I conserve water...most days.  I really got a new perspective on saving the environment after I read the blurb about Rachel Carson on pages 1166-1167. Rachel Carson wrote a book called "Silent Spring," which is about killing the environment. She got the idea to write the book after her friend told her a bunch of birds died after she sprayed a mosquito control. In her book, Carson touched on the data of the impact of pesticides on, not only natural ecosystems, but also on human health. Her book raised quite a controversy within the chemical companies, but it also started a new era. The environmental movement has been going on for quite some time now and it just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Nowadays, we use more safer products for our produce. We also do other things, like feed our animals better meals instead of giving them steroids, and we recycle our plastics and glasses and papers. The environment is not doing so well and we need to help it become a better place. With people like Rachel Carson leading the way, we have to do our part and take action. I only takes one person to make a change.