Editing Rachel Carson (section)

====Centennial events====
{{external media| float = right| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?197626-1/rachel-carson-centennial Panel discussion on Rachel Carson's centennial with Roland Clement, Annick Smith, Stewart Udall, and Edward O. Wilson, June 2, 2007], [[C-SPAN]]}}
[[File:Rachel Carson 100th birthday crowd.jpg|thumb|The celebration of the 100th anniversary of Carson's birth in May 2007 in [[Springdale, Pennsylvania]]]]
The centennial of Carson's birth occurred in 2007. On [[Earth Day]] (April 22), ''Courage for the Earth: Writers, Scientists, and Activists Celebrate the Life and Writing of Rachel Carson'' released as "a centennial appreciation of Rachel Carson's brave life and transformative writing." It included 13 essays by environmental writers and scientists.<ref>[http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/titledetail.cfm?titleNumber=694257 Houghton Mifflin Trade and Reference Division, ''Courage for the Earth'' release information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929082910/http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/titledetail.cfm?titleNumber=694257 |date=September 29, 2007 }}. Retrieved September 23, 2007.</ref>

Democratic Senator [[Ben Cardin|Benjamin L. Cardin]] of [[Maryland]] had intended to submit a resolution celebrating Carson for her "legacy of scientific rigor coupled with poetic sensibility" on the 100th anniversary of her birth. The resolution was blocked by Republican Senator [[Tom Coburn]] of [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite news |author=David A. Fahrenthold |title=Bill to honor Rachel Carson Blocked |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/22/AR2007052201574.html |newspaper=Washington Post |date=May 23, 2007}}</ref>

On May 27, 2007, the Rachel Carson Homestead Association held a birthday party and sustainable feast at her birthplace and home in [[Springdale, Pennsylvania]], and the first Rachel Carson Legacy Conference in [[Pittsburgh]] with [[E. O. Wilson]] as keynote speaker. Both Rachel's Sustainable Feast and the conference continue as annual events.

Also in 2007, American author Ginger Wadsworth wrote a biography of Carson.<ref name="Tierney2007">{{cite book|author=Susan M. Tierney|title=Children's Writer Guide To 2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2WgnFUNk-0C|date=November 1, 2007|publisher=Writer's Institute Publications|isbn=978-1-889715-38-4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Philpot |first=Chelsey |date=June 10, 2012 |title=Young readers' (nonrequired) summer books list – The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2012/06/09/young-readers-nonrequired-summer-books-list/ISqTceeipw75pdVbxPUBKK/story.html |access-date=July 2, 2023 |website=BostonGlobe.com |language=en-US}}</ref>