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Monday, December 21, 2009

Happy Winter's Solstice!

The light will return .....

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Books I like

The Energy of Slaves by A Nikiforuk
Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent by A Nikiforuk
Heat: How to Stop the Planet From Burning by George Monbiot
Earth In Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect by David W. Orr
Climate Cover-Up:The Crusade to deny Global Warming by James Hoggan
Carbon Shift edited by Thomas Homer-Dixon
Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawken

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