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William Harryman. Pema Chödrön: "When the thoughts arise it might occur to you to wonder where they come from. Where do they come from? It seems as if they come from nowhere. You’re just faithfully following your breath and—Wham! —you’re in Hawaii surfing. Where did it come from? I was once instructed to meditate on thoughts. . ~ From Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living by Pema Chödrön, page 68 Eaarth, by Bill McKibben. Eaarth Praise For Eaarth Interviews Reviews "Read it, please. Straight through to the end. Whatever else you were planning to do next, nothing could be more important. " Twenty years ago, with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global warming. That new planet is filled with new binds and traps.

Our hope depends, McKibben argues, on scaling back—on building the kind of societies and economies that can hunker down, concentrate on essentials, and create the type of community (in the neighborhood, but also on the Internet) that will allow us to weather trouble on an unprecedented scale. Praise For Eaarth "With clarity, eloquence, deep knowledge and even deeper compassion for both planet and people, Bill McKibben guides us to the brink of a new, uncharted era. —Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us "What I have to say about this book is very simple: Read it, please. —Barbara Kingsolver, author of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle —James E. Interviews. Don lattin home, religion writer, journalist, book reviews, san francisco chronicle. Ze's page :: zefrank.

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