On October 22, 2024 Rebecca Henson of Springsong Museum delivered a presentation on Rachel Carson (1907-1964), world-renowned writer, biologist, and considered by many as the ‘Mother of the Modern Environmental Movement’ who lived her adult life in Silver Spring. Henson will provide an overview of Carson’s life and written works, discussing her courage, ecological philosophy, and clear-eyed wonder in the natural world around us, including right here in Montgomery County.

Springsong Museum is featured in a series of articles published in Pathways, a community magazine with a distribution of 15,000 copies. Part Two: Inspiring Intergenerational Nature Education is published in the Fall Edition and highlights the importance of intergenerational nature education discussed in Rachel Carson’s posthumously published The Sense of Wonder.

Springsong Museum is featured in a series of articles published in Pathways, a community magazine with a distribution of 15,000 copies. Part One: Time for Rachel Carson is published in the Summer Edition and highlights Carson’s writing about time and the wonders of nature in her bestselling books Under the Sea-Wind, The Edge of the Sea, and Silent Spring.