Several authors have mentioned the consequences that climate change will have on island nations. While droughts, famines and extreme weather events occupy the minds of folk living on large continents, residents of island nations have to worry about their country disappearing due to flooding by the end of the century. Peter Singer comments that low read more »

Leopold writes eloquently of the melting winter in his section entitled “January Thaw”. He astutely recants abiotic events that occur during the turn of winter and opens the reader’s mind to a biotic world that interacts deeply. Leopold follows the tracks of a skunk and observes how different creatures attain or lose the ‘freedom from read more »

Bill McKibben feels that the fossil fuel industry relies upon the degradation of the planet for profit. By burning up the remaining fossil fuel reserves still in the soil, these corporations will significantly disrupt the global carbon cycle and create run away global warming with temperatures well above the doomed 2 degrees Celsius. He advocates read more »

As a converted vegetarian and vegan, the article by Michael Pollan sincerely touched me. In high school I had confronted the many tragedies that the factory farming operations perpetuate. Michael writes about engaging with other animals and specifically mentions the importance of looking into an animal’s eyes. He asserts that, “eye contact, always slightly uncanny, read more »