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"The Bridge at the Edge of the World" -- The Thom Hartmann July "Independent Thinker" Review of the Month
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Thu, 07/10/2008 - 11:14am. Thom HartmannTHOM HARTMANN'S "INDEPENDENT THINKER" REVIEW OF THE MONTH
July 2008 -- Thom's First Father/Son Review
"The Bridge at the Edge of the World"
By James Gustave Speth
Reviewed by Thom and Justin Hartmann
The world’s population, CO2 emissions, and pollution rates are in an almost vertical climb. Half of the world’s tropical and temperate forests are gone. Eighty percent of the world’s fisheries have been decimated. Since the Industrial Revolution over 20,000 species have gone extinct at rates not seen in 65 million years (since the dinosaurs disappeared). Half the wetlands and a third of the world’s mangroves are gone. Twenty percent of the corals are gone and another 20 percent are severely threatened. And the list goes on... These are the current trends and figures concerning our global environmental health. If our culture leaves our environmental policies and practices at the current rate and status, there will be no habitable planet for our grandchildren… period.
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