As you've noticed from Google, 107 years ago today noted environmentalist Rachel Carson was born. (From Bill Moyer's The Journal) [Fifty-two] years after the publication of Rachel Carson's landmark book Silent Spring, which launched the modern environmental movement, her disturbing story of how toxic chemicals were poisoning the earth still resonates. Bill Moyers Journal looks at the life and legacy of Rachel Carson through an extraordinary portrayal of her in a one-woman play performed by veteran stage actress Kaiulani Lee.