B e t r a y T h e A g e

"If you want to serve the age, betray it"

Irish Poet, Brendan Kennelly ‘The Book of Judas.’

Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Easter's End by Jared Diamond

In just a few centuries, the people of Easter Island wiped out their forest, drove their plants and animals to extinction, and saw their complex society spiral into chaos and cannibalism. Are we about to follow their lead?


Posted by Michael O'Brien at 9:25 PM
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest

No comments:

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Pages

  • Home

Blog Archive

  • ►  2014 (3)
    • ►  October (3)
  • ►  2013 (7)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  February (6)
  • ►  2012 (10)
    • ►  October (4)
    • ►  September (6)
  • ►  2011 (1)
    • ►  April (1)
  • ►  2010 (5)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  March (3)
  • ►  2009 (14)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  June (5)
    • ►  May (5)
    • ►  April (1)
  • ►  2008 (5)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  February (2)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2007 (26)
    • ►  December (3)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ►  May (3)
    • ►  April (2)
    • ►  March (4)
    • ►  February (2)
    • ►  January (6)
  • ►  2006 (106)
    • ►  December (6)
    • ►  November (8)
    • ►  October (7)
    • ►  September (4)
    • ►  August (2)
    • ►  June (7)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  April (8)
    • ►  March (19)
    • ►  February (19)
    • ►  January (24)
  • ►  2005 (152)
    • ►  December (7)
    • ►  November (18)
    • ►  October (29)
    • ►  September (17)
    • ►  August (10)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  June (8)
    • ►  May (3)
    • ►  April (14)
    • ►  March (17)
    • ►  February (9)
    • ►  January (18)
  • ▼  2004 (122)
    • ►  December (43)
    • ►  November (15)
    • ►  October (30)
    • ▼  September (34)
      • Vermont Guardian a New Weekly Newspaper
      • A Cooperative Manifesto By Tim Huet
      • Having it all in America
      • The Great Forgetting by Daniel Quinn
      • Easter's End by Jared Diamond
      • Flood of New Voters Signing Up
      • Greenlanders Mystified by Incredible Shrinking Gla...
      • New Movie - You Can't Be Neutral On A Moving Train...
      • Support Small Organic Farmers and Find the Best Fo...
      • World Renewable Energy leaders announce China wind...
      • Kerry Needs the Courage to Walk Away from Iraq by...
      • Downshifting
      • The Unpolitical Animal by Louis Menand
      • Always on the Job, Employees Pay With Health
      • Warming Trend Will Decimate Arctic Peoples, Report...
      • Tues 9/21 Howard Zinn - Castleton Fine Arts Center...
      • MA legislature gives students a pass on dissection...
      • Everything Must Go!
      • 12 Myths of Hunger
      • No. 1 in sports, but not in health or education
      • What We Work For Now by Jerome Segal
      • Changing Household Consumption Patterns
      • BUY LOCAL - Rutland County Farmer's Market
      • Natural and Organic Buying Clubs in Vermont
      • Elephant Sanctuary
      • "If you want to serve the age, betray it." Brendan...
      • The Ebert and McCain Show
      • We’re Not in Lake Wobegon Anymore
      • New Dimensions In Mental Health
      • GW Spoof on the Daily Show
      • Voluntary Simplicity
      • Choices For Sustainable Living
      • Taming The Corporate World
      • Must See Movie Coming To Rutland: "The Corporation...

About Me

My photo
Michael O'Brien
View my complete profile
Ethereal theme. Powered by Blogger.