I knew nothing about Rachel Carson until I was in my 20's, so when my best friend, Shelley, insisted that we had to bike to school on that first Earth Day in 1970, I had no idea why. It turned out to be a highlight of my senior year in H.S., though!
Thanks, Shelley, wherever you are now!
Pax Linson
Katherine Richardson is a Professor in Biological Oceanography. She leads the Queen Margrethe and Vigdís Finnbogadóttir´s Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Ocean, Climate, and Society and is an architect of the Planetary Boundaries Framework. #WeAreAmerica250
