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DAFFODILS, the “heralds of spring,” are beginning to bloom. A delicate yellow brush of nature reminds me of the late American conservationist Rachel Carson. Her book Silent Spring, published nearly 60 years ago was a clarion call for action. Carson said: “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 destruction.” Carson helped awaken an environmental movement. With the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP-26) hosted in Glasgow fast approaching the global movement of today must be awake to the opportunity of producing history.