Sherry Bosse’s Posts

• The Lomborg and Short of It

  Links related to The Skeptical Environmentalist 0

  Posted 7 years, 11 months ago

  For those of you who still haven't gotten enough of the Lomborg controversy, look no further than your browser. We've compiled a collection of links to sites that praise the man, haze the man, and walk the middle ground.

• Picture Bliss

  Sherry Bosse reviews Fighting for the Forest by Gloria Rand and other reviews 0

  Posted 9 years, 11 months ago

  Sometimes it can be difficult to see the forest for the smog, but the natural beauty revealed when the haze clears can be a good deal more powerful and inspirational than mere words (such as those in this sentence). So it goes with photographs and illustrations, which often make for the best storytelling. Books with pictures can help foster the environmentalist in the child, and inspire childlike wonder in the environmentalist.

• Daring to Order Small in a Super-Sized World

  Sherry Bosse reviews Consuming Desires by Roger Rosenblatt 0

  Posted 10 years ago

  In Walden, Henry David Thoreau wrote that "to maintain one's self on this earth is not a hardship but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely." He warned his readers against an increasingly prevalent consumer culture in the United States -- in 1854. Nearly 150 years later, Americans are, on average, working more hours and accruing more debt than ever before in order to achieve some bloated variation of the American dream. Some things never change.

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