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Publications


No-cost RCC publications available online

Get Some Green Back

Available as a full-color brochure or handy palm card. Explains 12 ways to help protect yourself, your family, your pets, your fellow citizens and the wildlife workforce while saving money at the same time.



Snoopy Only Lands on Toxic-Free Lawns!

Make sure your yard is chemical pesticide-free—for the safety of yourself, your children and your pets. Where lawns are concerned, parents and pet owners have common interests. Both groups want to protect the precious lives in their care and provide safe places to play. Available in English and Spanish.




20 Questions and Answers on Chemical Pesticides for Gardeners and Others

Answers questions about pesticides that everyone should know covering.

• Human Health Impacts
• Pet Health Impacts
• Plant Health Impacts
• Wildlife Health Impacts


About Rachel Carson
for Little Earthkin Friends

This 29 page publication is full of great activities, stories and much more for kids of all ages.

Whether it's a planting chart to attract wildlife or a family activity page about wetlands exploration, this publication provides a wealth of information and fun!


A Bird Lover's Guide to Good Coffee

What kind of coffee should a bird lover drink?
This brochure discusses the issues surrounding "bird friendly", "songbird safe" and "shade-grown" coffee.

Includes a list of distributors whose coffee is shade-grown and organic.



An Alert for Pet-owning Families

This brochure discusses ways to safeguard your pets from toxic encounters. Includes tips for dogs, cats, birds and rabbits.

Discusses the steps we can take to safeguard our pets including:

• Pets and Treatments
• Pets and Plants
• Pets and Pesticides
• Pets and Food
• Pets and Soil Amendments, Fertilizers


Low-Risk Pest Management

This 18 page, full color publication is intended to be useful to anyone seeking the least hazardous methods pest management. Lists low risk agents to control pests including:
• Ants
• Mice
• Cockroaches
• Weeds
• Mosquitoes


A Great Lady's Legacy - Rachel Carson Council
45 Years of Service and Science

Current information about Rachel Carson Council is now available in a this full color brochure. Discusses the RCC's mission and services, as well as the many critically needed projects that RCC supports.



Rachel Carson Centennial brochure

This brochure presents valuable information on
Rachel Carson's life as scientist, author and citizen.


It also discusses her Sense of Wonder,
Sense of Science, Sense of Ecology and more.



Photo rentals of Rachel Carson
from our collection

Rachel Carson Council offers over 30 historic photos for rent spanning Rachel Carson's entire life.





Publications Available for Purchase

Compendium of Pesticide Information

A resource for exploring the effects of chemical pesticides on ourselves and our environment.  Fully searchable CD-ROM. $40.00

 

 

35 Insecticides Used Around Dogs and Cats

60 pg. publication is a must for every veterinary office and animal care facility. $15.00

 

 

Golf At A Crossroads

Full color, 32 pg. brochure explains the "Nature Based" approach to maintaining golf courses. Discusses the potential hazardous effects of pesticides on human health, pets, wildlife, soil and water. $2.50 for single copy.  Quantity pricing varies.

 

 

 

Global Climate Change: Its Impacts on Food and the Environment

An overview of ways in which climate change could affect tomorrow's world and its agricultural productivity. $5.00