Lesson 11-Silent Spring I. Oral Work Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites. We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors we borrow it from our children When we heal the earth we heal ourselves We cannot command Nature except by obeying her Oh beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain, For strip-mined mountain's majesty above the asphalt plain America, America, man sheds his waste on thee And hides the pines with billboard signs from sea to oily sea. W E The end of Quotes
W B T L E I. Oral Work • Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites. • We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. • When we heal the earth, we heal ourselves. • We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. • Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain, For strip-mined mountain's majesty above the asphalt plain. America, America, man sheds his waste on thee, And hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea. The end of Quotes. Lesson 11 – Silent Spring
Lesson 11-Silent Spring I. Oral Work Topics for debating: Related materials Are pesticides publicly dangerous or arent they W E The end of Debating
W B T L E I. Oral Work Topics for debating: Are pesticides publicly dangerous or aren’t they? Related materials Lesson 11 – Silent Spring The end of Debating
Lesson 11-Silent Spring I. Oral Work Pesticides should Be called biocide Chemicals are the sinister and little recognized partners of radiation in changing the very nature of the world-the very nature of life Since the mid-1940s, over 200 basic chemicals have been created for use in killing insects, weeds, rodents and other organisms described in the modern vernacular as pests, and they are sold under several thousand different brand names W E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E I. Oral Work • Pesticides should Be Called Biocide • Chemicals are the sinister and littlerecognized partners of radiation in changing the very nature of the world—the very nature of life. • Since the mid-1940s, over 200 basic chemicals have been created for use in killing insects, weeds, rodents and other organisms described in the modern vernacular as pests, and they are sold under several thousand different brand names. To be continued on the next page. Lesson 11 – Silent Spring
Lesson 11-Silent Spring I. Oral Work The sprays, dusts and aerosols are now applied almost universally to farms, gardens, forests and homes-non- selective chemicals that have the power to kill every insect, the good and the bad, to still the song of birds and the leaping of fish in the streams-to coat the leaves with a deadly film and to linger on in soil- all this, though the intended target may be only a few weeds or insects. W E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E I. Oral Work • The sprays, dusts and aerosols are now applied almost universally to farms, gardens, forests and homes—nonselective chemicals that have the power to kill every insect, the good and the bad, to still the song of birds and the leaping of fish in the streams—to coat the leaves with a deadly film and to linger on in soil— all this, though the intended target may be only a few weeds or insects. To be continued on the next page. Lesson 11 – Silent Spring
Lesson 11-Silent Spring I. Oral Work Can anyone believe it is possible to lay down such a barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for all life? They should not be called insecticides but biocides We must have insect control," I do not favor turning nature over to insects. I favor the sparing, selective and intelligent use of chemicals. It is the indiscriminate blanket spraying that I oppose. W E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E I. Oral Work • Can anyone believe it is possible to lay down such a barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for all life? They should not be called 'insecticides' but 'biocides'. • "We must have insect control," I do not favor turning nature over to insects. I favor the sparing, selective and intelligent use of chemicals. It is the indiscriminate, blanket spraying that I oppose. Lesson 11 – Silent Spring To be continued on the next page