Imaginings

stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, and other imaginative accounts of the natural world

  • Making Tracks: Matthew Booker

    In the “Making Tracks” series, RCC fellows and alumni present their experiences in environmental humanities, retracing the paths that led them to the Rachel Carson Center. For more information, please click here. Why Did Americans Stop Eating Locally? by Matthew Booker I am a child of the 1970s. My family might be called “back-to-the-landers.” In…

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  • Learning to Love Pesticides: A Look at Popular American Attitudes

    Post by Michelle Mart Since the publication of Silent Spring in 1962, there have been numerous popular and scholarly studies of pesticide use in the United States. Environmentalists and others have credited Rachel Carson with awakening people to the dangers of overuse of these chemicals. Such praise is warranted, and it is clear that Silent…

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  • Barry Commoner and the Bridge between the Lab and the Ghetto

    Post by Robert Gioielli With Barry Commoner’s death last week, the American environmental movement lost one of its most underappreciated leaders and voices. This may seem like an overstatement, considering the robust obituaries offered up in the days after his passing, but Commoner is not as well known as he should be. He is deserving…

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