RECYCLE ME Week 6 Trivia Challenge Winner!

Monday, April 6th, I asked the following questions for a chance to win an I AM GREEN shirt:

QUESTIONS:

1. Who is Rachel Carson?
2. What famous book did she write?
3. What was she concerned about that was happening after World War II?

ANSWERS:

1. Rachel Carson was a Marine Biologist, Writer, and Environmentalist.
2. Rachel Carson wrote many books, but she is most famous for Silent Spring.
3. Rachel Carson was concerned about the reckless use of synthetic chemical pesticides after World War II.

WINNER: Courtney Kimsey, Congratulations! And thanks to everyone who participated. All of
your comments were appreciated. REMEMBER! Next Monday, April 13th we will post our next and LAST Trivia Challenge!

Rachel Carson is credited with being the pioneer of the Modern Environmental Movement. She graduated from College in PA and received her MA in zoology from Johns Hopkins University in 1932. Ms. Carson wrote radio scripts during the Depression and supplemented her income with feature articles on natural history for the Baltimore Sun. In 1936 she became Editor-in-Chief of all publications for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. She wrote scientific articles for the government but in her free time wrote nature prose. Finally, after WWII Ms. Carson wrote about the dangers of pesticide use in Silent Spring. For more information on this amazing woman visit http://www.rachelcarson.org/.