Rachel Carson
Intergenerational Poetry, Essay, Photo and Dance Contest

Sponsored by:

US EPA, Generations United, The Dance Echange, National Center fot Creative Aging

and the Rachel Carson Council, Inc.

Rachel Carson was an American biologist who cared deeply about the natural world

around her. In the Sense of Wonder Ms. Carson wrote "Those who contemplate the beauty of
the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts."

To honor this environmental Pioneer, the EPA, Generations United, The Dance Exchange
and the Rachel Carson Council, Inc., are sponsoring the Fifth Annual Rachel Carson
Intergenerational photo, essay, poetry and dance contest "that best expresses the Sense of

Water that you feel for the sea, the night sky, forests, birds, wildlife, and all that is beautiful to
your eyes." We want you to share this love of nature with a child and others around you. When
we teach our eyes and ears and senses to focus on the wonders of nature, we open ourselves to
the wonders around us.

Submissions are due June 1, 2012. The finalists will be selected by a panel of judges.
Then the public will be asked to vote for their favorites in each category: photography, essay,
poetry and dance. Entries must be intergenerational projects involving persons from different
ages and generations.

For more information please see:

www, epa. gov/aging/resources/thesenseofwonder/index.htm

www.gu.org http: //www, rachel carsoncouncil. org/ http: //www, danceexchange. org/
www, epa. gov/aging

For more information please see: www.epa.gov/aging/resources/thesenseofwonder/index.htm

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