Tag Archives: Rachel Carson

Human Population Through the Looking Glass

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Roger Gosden

I can’t avoid this topic forever, not under the headline Peace with Nature. It is the intractable, controversial matter of the teeming numbers of human beings. How many more of us can the Earth sustain in this Anthropocene? Only the … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged birth rate, demographic transition, Lancet, one child family, overpopulation, Population Council, Rachel Carson, Robert Edwards, Sanjay Gandhi, Silent Spring, The Population Bomb | Comments Off

The Naturalist Spirit

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Roger Gosden

Does any vocation have a more open and welcoming door than natural history? To be a naturalist, you don’t need a high school diploma or a university degree; there is neither an age barrier nor a physical fitness test. Plenty … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged Ann Frank, Charles Darwin, Environmentalism, koinonia, naturalist, Patriarch Bartholomew, Pope Francis, Rachel Carson, Robert Gifford, Virginia Master Naturalists, William Wordsworth | 2 Comments

A Zoo-to-Go

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Roger Gosden

For kids growing up in London during the austere decade after WWII, it was a special treat to be taken to the zoo by parents or school teachers. The zoos were crowded. Children had to be hoisted on the shoulders … Continue reading →