RESOURCES

Frances Collin
www.francescollin.com
Frances Collin is the agent for Rachel Carson's literary estate. All permissions for use of Rachel Carson's material must be referred to the agent.

RachelCarson.org
www.rachelcarson.org
Written by Linda Lear, who wrote the definite biography of Rachel Carson entitled "Witness for Nature", this website is devoted to the life and legacy of Rachel Carson.

The Rachel Carson Homestead
www.rachelcarsonhomestead.org
Carson's birthplace in Springdale, Pennsylvania. Includes information on Carson's life and works, a history of the homestead and visitor information. Also runs a programme of environmental education for young people.

The Rachel Carson Institute
www.chatham.edu/RCI
Promotes the awareness and understanding of significant and current environmental issues.

The Rachel Carson Council
www.rachelcarsoncouncil.com
Information and library with information at both scientific and layperson levels on pesticide-related issues.

ARCHIVES

The Beinecke Library
www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/
Rachel Carson donated the majority of her papers to Yale University. They are located at Beinecke Library.

The Muskie Library, Bates College
abacus.bates.edu/library/aboutladd/departments/special/
A large selection of the extensive personal correspondence between Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman.

CAMPAIGNING ORGANISATIONS

Pesticides Action Network (PAN)
www.pan-uk.org
Provides information on health effects of pesticides, news, campaigns and national and international projects.

UK Pesticides Campaign
www.pesticidescampaign.co.uk
Georgina Down's site with the latest news and information on pesticides, crop-spraying, pesticide exposures for people in agricultural areas.

Soil Association
www.soilassociation.org
Organic food, organic farming: Soil Association is campaigning for organic food, organic farming and sustainable forestry.

Women's Environmental Network
www.wen.org.uk
WEN campaigns on issues that link women, health and the environment. Campaigns promote positive alternatives to polluting practices and consumer items.

Friends of the Earth
www.foe.co.uk
Friends of the Earth is an international environmental charity campaigning on climate change and promoting solutions to environmental problems.

Greenpeace
www.greenpeace.org.uk
The leading organization that uses peaceful and creative activism to protect the global environment.

The Green Party
www.greenparty.org.uk
The only political party to put environmental issues at the heart of their campaign.

Rathbone Greenbank Investments
www.rathbonegreenbank.com
Provides a personal and professional ethical investment service for people who want their investments to take account of their environmental, social and ethical concerns.