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Celebrate Rachel Carson’s legacy by donating to protect our environment.
A bald eagle watches over two chicks in their nest.
Donate today and receive a free book

John, did you know Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking 1962 book, Silent Spring, helped inspire EDF’s first mission? Rachel Carson, a pioneering biologist, drew a direct line from pesticides to the death of songbirds and inspired EDF’s founders to ban the pesticide DDT.

You can celebrate Rachel Carson’s birthday this weekend and everything she and EDF founders accomplished protecting wildlife, the environment and our health.

When you donate by Monday at midnight, you can receive a free book that celebrates the connection between Rachel Carson’s legacy and EDF’s founding.
 
The cover of DDT Wars, by Charles F. Wurster, featuring a bald eagle soaring across a red backdrop.

Donate $37 or more to receive a copy of DDT Wars: Rescuing Our National Bird, Preventing Cancer, and Creating EDF by EDF co-founder Charles F. Wurster.

DDT Wars is a first-hand account of how 10 lawyers banded together to save bird of prey like ospreys and bald eagles from being poisoned by DDT. It all started with $37 — the fee required to register as a nonprofit in New York in 1967.
The cover of Acorn Days, by Marion Lane Rogers, featuring a line illustration of an oak tree.

Or start a new monthly gift of $15 or more to receive a rare copy of Acorn Days: The Environmental Defense Fund and How it Grew by EDF’s first secretary, Marion Lane Rogers.

Acorn Days is a light-hearted tell-all that you won’t find in bookstores. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to get your very own copy and witness the environmental movement’s beginning.

We’re releasing just 100 copies of each book from the vault for this weekend only.

Rachel Carson opened our eyes to the harm being done to the environment. Your support today will continue her legacy and drive progress to stabilize our climate, protect our health and strengthen the ability of people and nature to thrive.

Thank you for carrying on the work of early pioneers like Rachel, Charlie and Marion.

Emily Stevenson
Manager, Online Membership
Donate now to protect our environment

P.S. Celebrate Rachel Carson’s legacy with a one-time gift of $37, or a new monthly gift of $15 or more, and you’ll be taken back in time to read an early chapter of EDF’s history first-hand, from the people who were there.