With thousands of barrels of oil still spilling into the Gulf of Mexico since the disastrous explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform of BP on April 22, 2010, the Opening Ceremony of the newly founded Rachel Carson Center in Munich gained a lot of attention last Thursday. The reason for this, of course, is its focus on environment and the society. But those are not exactly very broad concepts. So what is it the RCC doing and what is this new center standing for?