Rachel Carson

Throughout history and our current era, secrets have been uncovered by behind-the-scenes workers. These people use their skills to release information to the public that never would have been seen or heard, and by exposing the misconduct of certain individuals or institutions, they are necessary for learning secrets that hide in the corners of our world. Muckrakers use investigative journalism to uncover the lies and information necessary to the public, forcibly removing citizens from ignorance…

Lyndon Johnson, The Assault on Poverty, and the Legacies of the Great Society Lyndon Johnson created a program called the “Great Society”. The great society is a domestic program in which social welfare programs in attempt to reduce poverty and crime. Johnson envisioned himself as a coalition builder. In the November 1964 election, the president received the majority of votes, and Goldwater could only obtain the support of his home state. The Medicare program, established in 1965, provided…

3. In class we read and critically evaluated an opinion article by R. Alexander Pyron in the Washington Post entitled “We don’t need to save endangered species. Extinction is part of evolution.” After summarizing our critique of the article (and this the article) how might Kolbert respond to Pyron? In this second part of your response please especially draw on Kolbert’s chapter 12 and 13. R. Alexander Pyron presents an article to the public in which he attempts to undermine the occurrence…

with many others that I can't remember off the top of my head. When thinking about it now, I lived my life the way many wish they could live theirs: absolutely loving their job. One time I was invited to be a guest on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. After that, I was invited back twenty-six times. We were both skeptics, and I was especially interested in popular misconceptions about science. Course this led to the two public symposia I organized on fringe-science topics. The first one I…

The 1950’s and 1960’s transported the idea of urban renewal to fruition. The passage of the 1949 Housing Act, The Housing Act of 1954, and The 1956 Federal Aid Highway Act demolished numerous neighborhoods of historical and social value throughout the United States. Jane Jacobs, a woman with no political or neighborhood planning background began fighting against the bulldozer mentality in New York City that sought to construct highways and skyscrapers, which displaced many individuals,…

As you walk through the large wooden doors of the red carpeted lobby, the magic of the theatre overwhelms you. You hand your ticket to one of the ushers and they smile and hand you a crisp glossy copy of a beautifully crafted program. He wears freshly pressed slacks of a deep black, and his hair is gelled perfectly into position. Together, you step through another set of heavy wooden doors and into the house of the theatre. With the usher as your guide, you weave through hundreds of crimson…

Siyu Yin Ricky Manoff GWS 301 December 7, 2016 Ecofeminism Chapter 7 talks about the very essence of ecofeminism. The main focus of the chapter mentions the domination over the natural world by the humanity. It says that women are connected more to the nature than men and some cultures clearly show this connection. Ecofeminists claim that equally to the oppression we face in society, there are conceptual, symbolic, and a spiritual links between environmental and ecological problems and feminism.…

Several key events occurred during Queen Latifah's lifetime. Her life span started in the late 1960’s, following us to this present day. During this time period, the world has experienced some unforgettable historical events that have shaped most of the world we live in today. One of these historical events was the Cold War. The Cold War was an incredibly long war that lasted 45 years. It began on March 12, 1947 and ended on December 25, 1991. The Cold War according to The National WWII Museum…

a leg. He also showed major disdain towards people who showed no compassion for the environment. For instance, he ruined one person’s car’s gas tank because the person threw a beer can into the road. He also had many environmental books, including Rachel Carson’s famous book Silent Spring, well-known for exposing the horrible truths behind the use of pesticides like DDT. Skink also stresses the simplicity and “honesty” of nature, claiming that “ ‘[n]ature never deceives us. It is always we who…

Think about what the world is going to be like twenty years from now; is it going to be the exact same? No, the world is constantly changing every day, just like people. Now ask this question, is it changing for better or worse? The world today has lost hope. The world has lost hope that there are people who will be brave enough to stand up and fight against the increasing climate and environmental crisis in today 's world. They assume they’ll be gone when it starts to really affect them, so why…