The World Without Us
In The World Without Us, Alan Weisman offers an utterly original approach to questions of humanity’s impact on the planet: he asks us to envision our Earth, without us.
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126 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 19, 2007 Type: User Review |
The single best thing we can do for the environment
The author provides a very important supplement to the growing pro-environmental movement. What I particularly enjoyed about this book was its pitch. The book starts off with a light 'what if' science fiction-like situation of all humans being...
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 15, 2007 Type: User Review |
Meditating on the end of our existence
What Weisman has succeeded in doing here is writing about the future of the world with a Buddhist's slant. Everything changes. Attaching to the things we humans have created has trashed the planet, so living lightly on fewer things might make...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 14, 2007 Type: User Review |
Could have been better
I've always found this topic interesting, so when I heard that this book was coming out I rang the bookshop straight away and reserved a copy. Finding old ruins or remains in the bush fascinates me; an old fence running straight through thick...
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 3.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 12, 2007 Type: User Review |
A must read!
This is an outstanding introduction to the environmental issues that humans and other species are increasingly facing. The reader can tell that Weisman is just scratching the surface here - yet he scratches in just the right places. One comes away...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 12, 2007 Type: User Review |
From The Green Perspective
I was very pleased and pleasantly surprised with this book. To be really honest, I'm not the stereotypical conservationalist, but I think the majority of us aren't which is why this is such a great read. The author gives a glimpse of present and...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 10, 2007 Type: User Review |
Deviates too much from the fascinating main idea
The parts of the book that are truly focused on what the world would be like without us is intriguing (how cities like New York would be reclaimed by nature etc.). But too often for too many pages the author wanders off into seemingly irrelevant...
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3.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 08, 2007 Type: User Review |
Eye-Opening, Sobering, and Mind-Altering
I just finished reading this fascinating book and find myself feeling very very small in the face of the history of this planet. Whether I look backwards in time or forwards I see a powerful Life Force manifesting itself wherever and whenever it...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 04, 2007 Type: User Review |
Excellent, Excellent, Excellent
Without a doubt, this is one of the most interesting books I've read in some time. The premise is fascinating: if humans were to disappear suddenly from the face of the earth, what would happen?
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 02, 2007 Type: User Review |
Interesting, but not what you'll expect
I found the book to be interesting and thought-provoking. However, it was not exactly what it's advertised as. The book can just as correctly be titled The World With Us, since it spends as much time lamenting the adverse effects humans have...
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3.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Oct 28, 2007 Type: User Review |
Who's in Charge Here?
Civilizations come and go. Species come and go, also. So why do we feel that we are so immortal as a country or even as a species? This book delves into the possibility of a world left without humankind. It's interesting to look backwards...
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5.00/5 |
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