Book description
American scientist and author Rachel Carson is said to have sparked the
modern day environmental movement with the publication of
Silent Spring
in 1962. She made vivid the prospect of life without birdsong. But has
her warning been heeded?
Fifty years on, Conor Mark Jameson reflects on the growth of
environmentalism since Silent Spring
was published. His revealing and engaging tale plots milestone events
in conservation, popular culture and political history in the British
Isles and beyond, tracing a path through the half century since 'zero
hour', 1962.
Around this he weaves his own observations and touching personal
experiences, seeking to answer the question: what happened to the birds,
and birdsong, and why does it matter? Conor Mark Jameson
has written for The Guardian
, BBC Wildlife
, The Ecologist
, Africa Geographic
, NZ Wilderness
, Birdwatch
and Birdwatching
magazines and has been a scriptwriter for the BBC Natural History Unit.
He is a columnist and feature writer for Birds
magazine, and has worked in conservation for 20 years, in the UK and
abroad. He was born in Uganda to Irish parents, brought up in Scotland,
and now lives in England. He lives in a village an hour north of London,
with a garden that Google Earth indicates may be reverting to woodland.
