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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, Alan Weisman, Anna Bligh MP, plastics in our environment, Queensland premier's proposal on reducing violence

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, Alan Weisman, climate change, economic theory, Economics, Global economy, narcissism

Moravian College Class of 2013 Reads The World Without Us; Alan Weisman Speaks on Campus

macmillanacademic wrote 3 months ago: Alan Weisman’s The World Without Us is the common reading title for freshman students at Morav … more →

Tags: 2009

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

Mayday, Twitter is Down

Adit wrote 4 months ago: Buat para tweeple mungkin ini adalah sebuah bencana, apalagi yang mengandalkan Ubertwitter di handhe … more →

Tags: Curhat, twitter, Ubertwitter, TwitterBerry, Error, Buku

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, Alan Weisman, Homo sapiens

The Book Club1 comment

hopeseguin wrote 5 months ago: discussing books We may look  blurry in this snapshot, but believe me, there was nothing ‘fuzz … more →

Tags: 1, Seguin, Texas, Books, Fiction, Photographs, Reading, Non-Fiction, Book Clubs

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, Alan Weisman, plastics, overpopulation, Pogo, nuclear waste, envirionmental catastrophe

Eco-Friendly House Cleaner1 comment

lalabean wrote 7 months ago: Posted by Rachel Right now I am reading “The World Without Us,” by Alan Weisman. It is, … more →

Tags: musings, Community, eco, Green, house cleaners, Living Your Yoga

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: reduce, Impact, recycle, pacific gyre, pacific garbage patch, Alan Weisman, Captain Charles Moore, algalita, recycle plastic

Quick Hit: History Channel Looks at Life After People

weatherdem wrote 8 months ago: I’m interested in thinking though what would happen if people vanished from the globe.  The Hi … more →

Tags: Meta, Life After People

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, alan weisman the world without us, Alan Weisman, I Am Legend, Constantine

losing the Amazon...possibly sooner4 comments

r.m. wrote 9 months ago: I listened to the first 4 chapters of ‘The World Without Us’ on my early morning drive t … more →

Tags: climate change, Ecology, rainforest, climate change, Amazon, temperature rise

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, Alan Weisman

When you hate humanity, it's easy to cheer on its demise3 comments

christopherfountain wrote 10 months ago: Global warming nut and Al Gore ally Jonathon Porritt: Use contraception and abortion to limit famili … more →

Tags: self loathing, granola children, Forced Sterilization, Jonathon Porritt

For 2009: The Hunger Chronicles

homelandsproductions wrote 11 months ago: Happy New Year, everyone! I wanted to thank you all for listening to our radio programs and for visi … more →

Tags: Documentary, Journalism, Multimedia, radio, Alan Weisman, homelands productions, Hunger, Hunger Chronicles, Marketplace Radio

twit change, ban the bag, & ellis eye land1 comment

gharman wrote 12 months ago: Global Warming solutions proposed … in Texas? Beyond the smog… H-town: breeding ground for cli … more →

Tags: Global Warming, San Antonio, Rick Perry, mayor phil hardberger, twitter, houston, senator rodney ellis, Texas Economy, greehouse gas

NATURE and an Earth without us

Buck Denton wrote 1 year ago: If human beings disappeared at this moment, what changes would occur on Earth 2 days after humans ar … more →

Tags: Biology, Environment, Alan Weisman, Nature, Recommended Book, Recommended Reads, Recommended WebSite, world without us


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