Silent Spring Revisited

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Silent Spring Revisited

American scientist and author Rachel Carson is said to have sparked the modern day environmental movement with the publication of Silent Spring in She made vivid the prospect of life without birdsong. But has her warning been heeded? Fifty years on, Conor Mark Jameson reflects on the growth of environmentalism since Silent Spring was published. His revealing and enga American scientist and author Rachel Carson is said to have sparked the modern day environmental movement with the publication of Silent Spring in His revealing and engaging tale plots milestone events in conservation, popular culture and political history in the British Isles and beyond, tracing a path through the half century since 'zero hour', Around this he weaves his own observations and touching personal experiences, seeking to answer the question: Hardcover , pages.

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Silent Spring Revisited by Conor Mark Jameson

Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Sep 01, Sam rated it liked it Shelves: I am definitely in two minds about this book, on the one hand it does run through how both the agricultural and environmental worlds changed during the 50 years since the publication of Silent Spring but then on the other it doesn't necessarily link it back to Silent Spring or its conclusions.

Given the title I was expecting a lot more cross over, back referencing etc. Jam I am definitely in two minds about this book, on the one hand it does run through how both the agricultural and environmental worlds changed during the 50 years since the publication of Silent Spring but then on the other it doesn't necessarily link it back to Silent Spring or its conclusions.

Jameson does run through some of the changes that arose from the new awareness of the issues with pesticides and other agricultural chemicals that arose from Silent Spring and of those areas that didn't change despite Carson's and others best efforts. This does, however, get a little lost amongst the other headlines, incidents and events that Jameson describes for each year as he summarises his own experiences and work with the RSPB and runs through the big environmental events of the year.

Don't get me wrong, this is a good read but the title is somewhat misleading. Oct 29, Mark Avery rated it liked it.

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Conor takes you through the 50 years since Silent Spring was published and pulls out the important events for nature conservation, popular culture and Conor Jameson through that period. There are some lovely stories and I really enjoyed dipping into the years and remembering what I was doing at the time. This review first appeared at www. Mar 24, Vicky rated it liked it. This is a pleasant book - a mixture of personal anecdote, beautifully described nature and a look back over the past half century. At times it doesn't seem to 'hang together' that well and seems like a list of news headlines peppered with the authors own memoirs of his work with the RSPB.

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Whilst it was a pleasant read, the title for me is misleading. This is not a revisit to Rachel Carsons wonderful treatise, it's more a history of the bird conservation movement in the UK than anything. I found This is a pleasant book - a mixture of personal anecdote, beautifully described nature and a look back over the past half century.

I found that a bit disappointing as I had just read Silent Spring and really did want an update! Setting that disappointment aside I enjoyed the read and know an awful lot more about the British love for rare and endangered birds than I did a few weeks ago! Sep 09, Pete daPixie rated it liked it Shelves: Fifty years after Rachel Carson's stark warning to biodiversity comes 'Silent Spring Revisited' published in Conor Mark Jameson has plotted a year by year diary of the sad and disturbing demise of U. I enjoyed this book, if enjoy can be the right word, as this tale of woe encompasses a large portion of my life, and I can recall the profusion of avian species that I witnessed in my childhood through the 's.

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Jameson also includes the major Fifty years after Rachel Carson's stark warning to biodiversity comes 'Silent Spring Revisited' published in Jameson also includes the major political, cultural and environmental headlines of each passing year, which I could also relate to. I have also been a long time member of Greenpeace as well as the R. Yet, ultimately this is a very depressing read, which condemns the governments worldwide in their pursuit of exploitation of the natural resources of the planet. On so many fronts, the battles are being lost as the avaricious humans trash the earth in a race to extinctions.

Dec 04, Lizzie rated it it was amazing. Absolutely fascinating and very readable history of the environmental movement, told on a relatable, human level. I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected, given its sometimes bleak subject matter. Around this he weaves his own observations and touching personal experiences, seeking to answer the question: Wonderfully written, intersperced with humour. Factual,- it must have taken you forever to do the research.

Craiking good stuff and needed to be said. All you need to do now is to get everyone who matters to read it.

Anecdotes and details bring the decades to life It is very important that we have this book's clear record of what happened. This is a book that needs to be read.

A delightful pot pourri. It documents the history of environmentalism in Europe, but in so doing, reveals the heartbreak and fear, insight and hope, struggle and continued vigil of the many conservationists that uphold it as an ideal.