Rachel Carson: Nature as Nurture (or A Sense of Wonder)

Rachel Carson was a marine biologist and conservationist who wrote about the environment in the 1950s and 60s. Her books The Sense of Wonder (1965), Silent Spring (1962), The Edge of the Sea (1955), The Sea Around Us (1951), and Under the Sea-Wind (1941) were instrumental in birthing a global environmental movement. Together we will read a few of Rachel Carson’s poetic and personal writings on the importance of connecting with the natural world. The readings will be a prelude to talking about our own favorite memories of exploring the great outdoors.