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Together with the Newton Marasco Foundation, the 15th annual Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital is pleased to present A Sense of Wonder. Acclaimed actress Kaiulani Lee has written and will perform this one-woman play based on the life and works of environmentalist Rachel Carson. A Sense of Wonder is the story of one woman's love for the natural world and her fight to defend it. Rachel Carson was thrust into controversy with the 1962 publication of "Silent Spring," which alerted the world to the dangers of chemical pesticides and launched the modern environmental movement. During her lifetime, Miss Carson worked as a marine biologist and zoologist, testified before Congress calling for policies to protect human health and the environment and published a number of books about the beauty of the natural world. She posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award.