Tag: Silent Spring

  • Health

    Only eat organic? You’re paying too much, and it’s not worth it, author says

    An excerpt from “Resetting the Table: Straight Talk about the Food We Grow and Eat” by Robert Paarlberg, associate in the Sustainability Science Program at the Harvard Kennedy School and at Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.

    12–19 minutes
    Vegetables.
  • Science & Tech

    ‘Silent Spring,’ 50 years on

    Environmentalists and faculty members gathered at Sanders Theatre to mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring,” which catalyzed the environmental movement in its impassioned presentation of the impact of chemicals on nature.

    5–7 minutes