Comments on: Book Review: The World Without Us By Alan Weisman. http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/02/07/book-review-the-world-without-us-by-alan-weisman/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Being Green. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:55:55 -0500 hourly 1 By: My Green Element » Weekly green blog round-up http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/02/07/book-review-the-world-without-us-by-alan-weisman/comment-page-1/#comment-14287 My Green Element » Weekly green blog round-up Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:41:27 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/02/07/book-review-the-world-without-us-by-alan-weisman/#comment-14287 [...] what a suddenly peopleless planet would be like? The Good Human reviews Alan Weisman’s The World Without [...] [...] what a suddenly peopleless planet would be like? The Good Human reviews Alan Weisman’s The World Without [...]

]]> By: stef http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/02/07/book-review-the-world-without-us-by-alan-weisman/comment-page-1/#comment-14286 stef Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:16:28 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/02/07/book-review-the-world-without-us-by-alan-weisman/#comment-14286 Cool post. We have included it our green blog round-up www.mygreenelement.com Cool post. We have included it our green blog round-up http://www.mygreenelement.com

]]> By: Despairing http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/02/07/book-review-the-world-without-us-by-alan-weisman/comment-page-1/#comment-14199 Despairing Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:52:34 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/02/07/book-review-the-world-without-us-by-alan-weisman/#comment-14199 I read this book towards the tail end of last year, and agree that it is a wonderful thought experiment. What I found fascinating is that there are places on this planet which man has abandoned already, seemingly permanently. We all know about Chernobyl, of course, but I had never thought about the Korean DMZ and knew nothing about the Greek town in Turkish Cyprus. Some of the things we are doing to this planet will last a very long time. Others are so transient as to make you feel incredibly insignificant. I read this book towards the tail end of last year, and agree that it is a wonderful thought experiment. What I found fascinating is that there are places on this planet which man has abandoned already, seemingly permanently. We all know about Chernobyl, of course, but I had never thought about the Korean DMZ and knew nothing about the Greek town in Turkish Cyprus.

Some of the things we are doing to this planet will last a very long time. Others are so transient as to make you feel incredibly insignificant.

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