http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/biographies Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:21:32 -0400 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:21:32 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/954/rachel-carson-humanizing-nature By Mikayla Stewart - Rachel Carson was instrumental in changing the way the world viewed conservation. Her initial written works demonstrated the idea that humans were not the center of the earth’s ecosystems by describing the environment from the viewpoint of non-human creatures (Cafaro, 2011, para. 45-48). Carson’s most eminent publication, Silent Spring, was released at the beginning of the 1960s (Cafaro, 2011, para. 25). The book advocated Carson’s concept of enlightened anthropocentrism through the insistence that new scientific innovations should be questioned as to why, whether, and for what... Tue, 30 Sep 2014 04:37 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/954/rachel-carson-humanizing-nature