Rachel Carson Homestead

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location= Springdale, Pennsylvania
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 32
lat_seconds = 48
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 79
long_minutes = 47
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long_direction = W
locmapin = Pennsylvania
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built =1870
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
added = October 22, 1976
governing_body = Private
refnum=76001601cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Rachel Carson Homestead is a National Register of Historic Places site in Springdale, Pennsylvania, United States, 18 miles northeast of Pittsburgh along the Allegheny River.

It is a five-room farmhouse which was the birthplace and childhood home of Rachel Carson, whose 1962 book Silent Spring launched the modern environmentalism movement. The homestead is managed by the Rachel Carson Homestead Association, a nonprofit organization established in 1975.

2007 is the centennial of Rachel Carson's birth. The Rachel Carson Homestead is planning four major events to celebrate the life and 21st century legacy of the scientist and author - see Rachel Carson Homestead at www.rachelcarsonhomestead.org. Also, the organization is challenging individuals, government, industry and institutions to lessen their ecological footprint through the Rachel Carson Legacy Challenge which uses Carson's environmental ethic as the benchmark for permanent and measurable change: - to live in harmony with nature- to preserve and learn from natural places- to minimize the impact of man-made chemicals on natural systems of the world- to consider the implications of human actions on the global web of life.

The Rachel Carson Challenge, a 35 mile wilderness hike on the Saturday closest to the summer solstice, is in honor of Rachel Carson's contribution to the environment and passes through the Homestead.

ee also

*Rachel Carson Bridge

References

*cite book | author=Kidney, Walter C. | title=Pittsburgh's Landmark Architecture: The Historic Buildings of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County | location=Pittsburgh | publisher=Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation | year=1997 | id=ISBN 0-916670-18-X

External links

* [http://www.rachelcarsonhomestead.org/ Rachel Carson Homestead]