Rachel Carson: The Profits of Denial

Rachel Carson wasn't a politician, a futurist or a tech mogul. She was a marine biologist. Her 1962 book Silent Spring sounded the alarm that industry refused to hear. She was accused of being hysterical, anti-progress, even a threat to national security. She died before seeing her work become the foundation of the modern environmental movement.

What would she make of the age of carbon markets, eco-branding, microplastics and climate billionaires? We bring her back to see what she has to say.

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