In
April 2006 I published the latest edition of my Save the World Reading
List. It's probably due for an editing and revision, but, unlike the
last revision, the next edition is likely to be only modestly
different. Here are the books and articles I've read over the past two
years that might make worthy additions to the list:The
great Depression, by Pierre Berton.
In 1929 we thought the good life would go on forever, and eventually
everyone, not only the upper classes, would benefit. We were wrong, and
this book explains why, and shows us what will happen when the US
dollar crashes.Figments of Reality, by Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen. We are a complicity of the separately-evolved creatures in our bodies organized for their mutual benefit; our brains are their information-processing system, not 'ours'.The Two Income Trap, by Elizabeth Warren. Families now need twice as many members each working twice as hard just to have what their parents had.The Idols of Environmentalism, online essay b
How to Save the World Saturday, July 05, 2008Tagged! How I keep track of most of it
Mitch Joel tagged me on how I keep track of it all; I answer and pass the tag along
Shel Holtz Saturday, July 05, 2008500 Square Miles of Forest In Montana To Be Permanently Protected
I'm a huge believer in land conservation. I believe one of the best ways to protect our environment is to take wide swaths of land permanently out of circulation. I was delighted to read an article Amy forwarded me from the New York Times today titled Deal Is Struck in Montana to Preserve Forest Areas. The Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land have put together a deal to pay $510 million to buy about 500 square miles of forest currently owned by Plum Creek Timber. Half of the money will come from private donations; the other half will come from a new tax-credit bond mechanism that was recently passed. I'm delighted our
government is spending - via a tax-credit bond - $250 million on land conservation. I'd like to allocate 50% of my taxes next year to stuff like that. I've been involved directly in some land conservation; we have a conservation easement on all of our land in Eldorado Canyon, I am a trustee for the Colorado Conservation Trust, I
Feld.com Saturday, July 05, 2008
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