Ever think about what you are willing to sacrifice for “the good life?” Read excerpts – now available under the “Reading” page here at Thoreau Farm’s website – from David Gessner’s My Green Manifesto: Down the Charles River in Pursuit of a New Environmentalism and his NEW BOOK OUT THIS WEEK, The Tarball Chronicles. In “Déjà vu: A Northern Interlude,” from The Tarball Chronicles, Gessner ponders the larger question posited by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: How much are we willing to sacrifice for the “good life”? In this excerpt, he harkens back to Thoreau’s concept of sacrifice as “Economy” embodies it in Walden. And from My Green Manifesto, an essay titled, “Henry’s River.” Go to the “Reading” tab above or click here: Reading
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Read Excerpts from David Gessner’s New Books
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Stephen Colbert Believes in Climate Change!
Stephen Colbert believes in climate change!
Colbert: “The United States emits more CO2 per capita than the European Union and China combined. Just think what those emissions numbers would be if America still made anything.”
The science behind climate change has become a political issue. On a recent edition of The Colbert Report, he weighs in. Watch him make the case on our Video page. Link here: Video
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Nature Helps Deal with Stress
A recent post on The Dirt explains how nature can help us deal with stress. It begins, “Michael Posner, professor emeritus at University of Oregon who studies attention, says that our brains gets fatigued after working for long periods of time, “particularly if we have to concentrate intensely or deal with a repetitive task.” Taking a break may or may not help deal with stress during high-pressure times. What’s crucial is the type of break taken.” Read the article here: Nature Helps Deal with Stress.
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