Another Note on Bill McKibben’s Masterpiece “Eaarth”

On the cover of the current edition of Bill McKibben’s “Eaarth” is this quote from Barbara Kingsolver:  “Read it, please.  Straight through to the end.  Whatever else you were planning to do next, nothing could be more important.”  That’s quite a statement, but I have to say that I agree.  As close to all this as I am, I have to admit that I didn’t realize how convoluted — yet at the same time, so critically important — these issues of international relations are as they relate to environmental sustainabililty.

It may be too late to get back the Earth we had 100 years ago (thus the moniker “Eaarth”), but it’s not too late to avert the utter catastrophe that we’re most certainly facing if we pretend that our current energy-related practices can be continued indefinitely.