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Global Band-Aid

adoseofliberty wrote 3 days ago: Only a problem as paramount as “climate change” can be the reason for anything.  Whether … more →

Tags: Politics, Science, Al Gore, Global Warming, climate change, ClimateGate, suicide rates, Philippines, Prostitution

The Invisible Human: A World Without Us3 comments

zikipediq wrote 2 weeks ago: >> Haga clic aquí para la versión en castellano. What if an asteroid hit the Earth and humanit … more →

Tags: Book Review, Environment, Patterns, a world without us, Colin Beaven, earth beat, Footprint, No Impact Man

National Novel Writing Month5 comments

Wind wrote 1 month ago: Today is the first day of National Novel Writing Month. For all you aspiring novelists, you may want … more →

Tags: Books & Literature, writing, jerry mcgill, Novels, Dan Brown, National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo, Bill Simmons, Dear Marcus

Arizona Daily Star Oct. 30, 2009- BOOK EVENTS

Randy Ford wrote 1 month ago:       BOOK EVENTS       TODAY       J. A. Jance- Community Church of Warren.  201 Arizona Street.  B … more →

Tags: Books to read, Arizona Daily Star, J A Jance, book events, Steven F. Havill, Jeri Westerson

A letter to the Queensland premier

Carlos Hurworth wrote 1 month ago: Ms. Anna Bligh MP. The following comment will preface the context of this letter, which i hope you w … more →

Tags: Politics, Anna Bligh MP, plastics in our environment, Queensland premier's proposal on reducing violence, The World Without Us

Climate and Change

Carlos Hurworth wrote 1 month ago: Climate change.  Climate and change.  Two words that are more and more being spoken together in ever … more →

Tags: Politics, climate change, economic theory, Economics, Global economy, narcissism, The World Without Us

Recommended Readings1 comment

Andrew wrote 2 months ago: My friend Tyler copied an idea from another blog about his ten must-read books. I figured that I … more →

Tags: Post, coyote, Karen Traviss, Reading, History, Science Fiction, Geek stuff, Lev Grossman, The Magicians

People judge the Duggars2 comments

akamine2525 wrote 3 months ago: As we all know that the Duggar family consists of 18 children and one on the way due on March 18 201 … more →

Tags: Jim Bob & Michelle(Rurak) Duggar, Joshua James Duggar, Jana Marie Duggar, john-david duggar, Jill Michelle Duggar, Jessa Lauren Duggar, Jinger Nicole Duggar, Joseph Garrett Duggar, Josiah Matthew Duggar

She's Fantastic. Made of Plastic. 2 comments

oldmandub wrote 4 months ago: Some time ago some nerd kid I knew told me about a Texas sized piece of trash floating in the ocean. … more →

Tags: World History, death, Books, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, gyre, Plastic, garbage, recycling

Gone

The Grange Hall Editors wrote 5 months ago: gone adj. no longer in existence If, in the immediate aftermath of Homo sapiens petrolerus, the tank … more →

Tags: Word, Homo sapiens, The World Without Us

The World Without Us

mshamil wrote 7 months ago: The World Without Us is a non-fiction book about what would happen to the natural and built environm … more →

Tags: book, Thought Experiment, Natural

Top 5 Things I Learned at the Denver Green Festival™2 comments

jesakalong wrote 7 months ago: Since several friends had attended the Seattle Green Festival and described it with a flat “eh,” I w … more →

Tags: Green, amy goodman, better world books, Sustainable Businesses

Bibliophilia Monday: The World Without Us6 comments

barefootheart wrote 7 months ago: The World Without Us by Alan Weisman. HarperCollins, 2008. Weisman asks “What would happen to … more →

Tags: Books, Environmental, The World Without Us, plastics, overpopulation, Pogo, nuclear waste, envirionmental catastrophe

Plastic, Plastic and More Plastic!4 comments

Eco-Footprint Solutions wrote 7 months ago: There have been many news stories lately about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (even Oprah talked ab … more →

Tags: Impact, reduce, algalita, Captain Charles Moore, Chad M. Wall, pacific garbage patch, pacific gyre, recycle, recycle plastic

Introduction

Alan wrote 8 months ago: Today we finished Thich Nhat Hanh’s The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecolog … more →

Tags: Sangha, Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist, Ancestors, impermanence, Ecology, Environment, Mindful Consumption, Diamond Sutra

The World Without Us Coming From Francis Lawrence

Sam Unsted wrote 8 months ago: Francis Lawrence, the talented director of Constantine and I Am Legend, has signed up to direct an a … more →

Tags: News, Francis Lawrence, francis lawrence the world without us, Mark Protosevich, mark protosevich the world without us, The World Without Us, alan weisman the world without us, I Am Legend, Constantine

The Sunday Salon ~ Decompression Day!4 comments

thekoolaidmom wrote 9 months ago: Wow! What a week of reading! I have been reading more or less NON STOP all week, stopping only to wr … more →

Tags: Sunday Salon, Library, Books, Reading, Book Reviews, Movies, Joe Hill, Heart-Shaped Box, Beverly Hills Chihauhau

exit. wrote 10 months ago: this was a fasinating book that just didn’t draw me in. when i picked it up, i found it intere … more →

Tags: Books, The World Without Us

The World Without Us2 comments

Karen wrote 10 months ago: By Alan Weisman I started this book at some point in December and read it across more than a month, … more →

Tags: Book Journal--Spoilers Galore!, lesbian nun sex, Book Review, world without end, world without us, Earth Day


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