Google Doodle celebrates 140th birthday of Japanese artist Shoen Uemura

Gregg Chadwick ‏@greggchadwick  3m3 minutes agoSanta Monica, CA

Google Doodle celebrates 140th birthday of Japanese artist Shoen Uemura 1875-1949 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uemura_Sh%C5%8Den …

Rachel Carson's Powerful Legacy

Today's Google doodle honors the groundbreaking environmentalist Rachel Carson, whose book Silent Spring sounded one of the first alarms about the detrimental effect of pesticides on the eco-system. The natural world was my first love as a kid and reading Carson's work was instrumental in spurring me on to look deeply at and respect the complexities of our endangered environment.

Carson's interest in conservation began with her early work as a marine biologist, which led to her award winning book, The Sea Around Us. Subsequently, nature writing provided a powerful vehicle for Carson to bring mainstream attention to the chemicals being dumped daily into our streams and rivers. Her work inspired global bans of the pesticide DDT  and helped foster the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States.

I encourage you to honor Rachel Carson's legacy by spending some time today on the Audubon Society's website, the US National Park Service's site, or your local nature conservancies information boards. All of these sites provide important information on how you can get involved and help preserve our natural world for future generations.

Happy Halloween From Speed of Life and Google!

Time-lapse video of the Google doodle team & friends carving giant pumpkins in the Halloween spirit. Shot on location at Google's Headquarters in Mountain View, CA. Music by Slavic Soul Party! Composed by Matt Moran.

Japanese Artist Takashi Murakami Doodles "Summer" for Google

Takashi Murakami
Summer
Google Doodle for June 21, 2011 (Summer Solstice)

Today - June 21st - is the longest day of the year. For this Summer Solstice, Google has commissioned Japanese artist, Takashi Murakami, to create an icon for the day to be posted on Google's search page.

More on Murakami at:
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