Rachel Carson - thank you...

Happy (early) Birthday, Rachel Carson... She would have turned 100 on the 27th (of May).

I first "met" Ms. Carson as an undergraduate student at the University of California. While studying California history, I focused my research on the environmental and natural issues the state has faced for the past 150+ years. Reading Silent Spring was an inspiring and disturbing process...one that set me on a path of interest that continues to this day.

The journey reading that book created a life of interest and follow-through. And, it's no longer solely focused on the environmental and natural aspects of life...

Professionally, I spend hours each week with people, in person and on the phone, as we identify and implement ways to experience four things:

Enhance their workflow
Decrease workplace distractions
Increase goal engagement
Streamline executive processes

To think that a lot of this started almost 2 decades ago is at once inspiring at the mind level and engaging on the physical level. I leave writing this blog entry wondering, "What can I do now to continue along the path of engagement?"

By the way, here's the info I read from The Futurist...

May 27 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Rachel Carson, whose
then-controversial book SILENT SPRING (1962) raised alarm over the
dangers of chemical pesticides. At the time of the book's publication,
there were only 417 nesting pairs of bald eagles in the lower 48 U.S.
states.

Now, with an estimated new high of 9,789 breeding pairs, the bald eagle
is set to be removed from the list of threatened and endangered
species. The decision will be made on June 29 by the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, which states, "Today, Americans can see wild bald
eagles in every state in the lower 48 and witness the living proof of
Rachel Carson's courage and determination."

SOURCE: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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