The RCC, founded in 1965, is the national environmental organization envisioned by Rachel Carson to carry on her work after her death.
We promote Carson's ecological ethic that combines scientific concern for the environment and human health with a sense of wonder and reverence for all forms of life in order to build a sustainable, just, and peaceful future.
Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.—Rachel Carson
The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us the less taste we shall have for the destruction of our race. Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions, and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction. ~Rachel Carson
Recent News
• Is U.S. shale facing an ‘unmitigated disaster’?
• University of California Will Divest From Fossil Fuels
• Trump administration allows pork slaughterhouses to have fewer USDA inspectors
• Why California Is Standing Firm Against Trump on Auto Emissions
• The oil industry vs. the electric car
A Big New Study Finds Bee-Killing Pesticides Aren’t Even Worth it for Soybean Farmers
The science suggests the chemicals cripple a whole host of pollinators—and offer very little economic benefit.
Vanishing: More Than 1 in 4 Birds Have Disappeared in the Last 50 Years
If you were alive in the year 1970, more than one in four birds in the U.S. and Canada have disappeared within your lifetime.
Help Your Child to Wonder
“Many children…delight in the tiniest things” – Rachel Carson
America’s Best Colleges for Student Voting 2019
The schools doing the most to turn students into citizens.
Inaction is Unjust: A Story of Wind, the NIMBY Effect, & Environmental Justice
Americans know that we need to take action on climate change. Around 70% of us are worried about climate change
Climate Coverage: What we’ve learned
ABC-TV’s first debate with just the ten major Democratic candidates on Thursday, September 12, managed to fill prime time without a single question on the global climate crisis.