Fifty years after the publication of the seminal Silent Spring, Conor Mark Jameson reflects on Rachel Carson's legacy and asks the question - are we still silencing the spring?
Conor Mark Jameson has written for The Guardian, BBC Wildlife, The Ecologist, Africa Geographic, NZ Wilderness, Birdwatch and Birdwatching magazines and has been a scriptwriter for the BBC Natural History Unit. He is a columnist and feature writer for Birds magazine, and has worked in conservation for 20 years, in the UK and abroad. He was born in Uganda to Irish parents, brought up in Scotland, and now lives in England. He lives in a village an hour north of London, with a garden that Google Earth indicates may be reverting to woodland.
Jameson... has skillfully stiched together a narrative that reveals
the highs and lows of conservation, and will, I am sure, convince
many that the good fight is still worth it. * Birdwatch *
Your book was riveting. It gave rise to several different emotions
within me, Sadness/anger/despair/frustration/enthusiasm.
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. * John McGlashan, Farmer *
A clear and concise historical overview of the failures and
successes of the conservation movement since the 1960s; and it will
rightly find a place on many a conservationist's bookshelf. *
British Birds *
If Nick Hornby loved nature, he might write a book like this. --
Martin Harper * RSPB Director of Conservation *
An autobiographical strand gives a human aspect to the narrative,
and there are a lot of fascinating details... the author succeeds,
with a readable book which refreshed my memory * BTO News *
A trip down memory lane... a history lesson it certainly is, but
stodgy it is not. Anecdotes and details bring the decades to
life... It is very important that we have this book's clear record
of what happened. * Devon Birds *
A lively read... what makes Jameson's work especially enjoyable is
the personal slant... This is a book that needs to be read. *
Birdwatching Magazine *
Jameson uses Rachel Carson's 1962 work Silent Spring as a focus for
reflection on conservation and environmentalism in the decades
since then. * Nature *
Some lovely stories, and I really enjoyed dipping into the years
and remembering. A delightful pot pourri. * Mark Avery *
Lifted by the personal notes into an entertaining and easy read. *
Birds *
A tale worthy of Edgar Allan Poe at his hair-raising best... every
conservationist, every naturalist and every environmentalist should
read Silent Spring Revisited... it should become a standard school
textbook if the planet is to be saved. * Kentish Times *
If Nick Hornby loved nature, he might write a book like this. --
Martin Harper * RSPB Director of Conservation *
Silent Spring Revisited is an enlightening read for anyone
interested in wildlife conservation. 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. The same could be
said of Rachel Carson's book. I highly recommend reading both works
of literature: begin with Carson's Silent Spring and follow with
Jameson's Silent Spring Revisited to learn where we have gone in
subsequent years. -- Stacia Novy
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