Rachel Carson's Climate Change Debate

What Rachel Carson’s position would be on the debate on the existence of climate change
Rachel Carson was very concerned about the relation of human beings and nature – the environment; she believed that the actions human beings and things that they released to the environment had a long-lasting effect on nature that could be determinantal to generations to come. This was her greatest idea and one that has clearly not been reflected in the current-day debate on climate change especially by people such as Donald Trump. In this regard, it is apparent that she would have position on this debate on the existence of climate change. Her position would be that climate change indeed exists and that human beings, through their actions, are the greatest …show more content…
It is apparent that she held the position that humans were not the only ones at the center of the earth’s ecosystem and that their actions and inactions had fundamental negative effects on the environment and as such should be regulated. Thus, she would pose questions such as whether it in the place of humans to control nature or whether the public have the rights to be told about environmental – climate change – issues. These forward-thinking inquisitions with regards to how human beings perceive and interact with the environment would strongly influence and make people demand information regarding how the environment, in this case, climate change is caused and by whom. Thus, her position will not just be the blatant affirmation that climate change exists, but will also include an address on issues of sustainability, as well as the connections that exist between issues of public health and the …show more content…
However, she was aware that tales regarding weed and bug-infested crops, and extinction of certain bird species were not enough to convince the people of the dangers of chemical pesticides. Thus, she had to ensure that she made the threat more intimate and immediate. If were to make pay more attention to the issue of climate change, Carson would attempt to make the debate more immediate and intimate. She would assert that climate change is very real and is one of the thing that should not be downplayed in any case. She would want to show that climate change does happen daily and is as a result of various challenges such as the Greenhouse effect, solar irradiance and human activity . Her main focus will be emphasizing the various negative impacts of climate change, especially those that will evoke