Have been reading the latest issue of The Sun. The theme of this edition, as best I can tell, is the human effect on environment. There's a great collection of spunky, historically interesting and generally entertaining letters from Edward Abbey to various academic and public figures of his day (am resolved to finally read The Monkey Wrench Gang). You can check out Abbey's letters, as well as an enlightening interview with Bill McKibben about Reforming Our Supersized Society, on The Sun's website (www.thesunmagazine.org).
"Action, there’s the thing. Action! When I grow sick with the buzzing of the brain, I like to go climb a rock. Cut down a billboard. Disable a bulldozer. (Eine Kleine Nachtwerke) Climb a mountain. Run a rapid. Pursue a woman. Etc."
--Edward Abbey, 30 August 1979, in a letter to George Sessions, Philosophy Professor at Sierra College, CA
"Action, there’s the thing. Action! When I grow sick with the buzzing of the brain, I like to go climb a rock. Cut down a billboard. Disable a bulldozer. (Eine Kleine Nachtwerke) Climb a mountain. Run a rapid. Pursue a woman. Etc."
--Edward Abbey, 30 August 1979, in a letter to George Sessions, Philosophy Professor at Sierra College, CA
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I know it's a bit trite, but if you haven't yet read or seen Gore's inconvenient truth you might check that out. A lot is marketing fluff.... but it's still worth flipping through. It's global warming lite.
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