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  <title><![CDATA[Hope, Human and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth (World As Home, The)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;Divided into three sections, &lt;i&gt;Hope, Human and Wild&lt;/i&gt; profiles the efforts of three caring communities to preserve wilderness and reverse environmental devastation. They include the reforestation of McKibben&amp;#8217;s home territory, New York&amp;#8217;s Adirondack Mountains; solving traffic and pollution problems in the densely populated Curitiba, Brazil; and how the citizens of Kerala, India have demonstrated that quality of life doesn&amp;#8217;t depend on overconsumption of resources. This edition features a new introduction that revisits these places and explores how they&amp;#8217;ve changed over the years.&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1995</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bill McKibben]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[people concerned about environment, city planning, politicians]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Apr 29 07:46:43 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 03 07:32:12 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[  Although this book was written in 1995, it seems very current and pertinent as the global warming discussion heats up.  There are four sections to the book.  The author begins the book by giving some positive environmental changes made in our country and then discusses the challenges we have yet t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21241883">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Apr 23 18:10:56 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 05 09:40:53 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is about hope, but McKibben does not shy away from the hard truth of the environmental disaster we have wreaked on the planet. Further, he calls for broad cultural and economic shifts to address the changes that will be necessary for our survival. McKibben offers a very potent combination:...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53775215">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63888060">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 17 13:16:24 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 17 13:18:05 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent book. I read this for a summer program about Environmental Science; it's informative but told in an interesting way, like a story.]]></body>
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    <review id="4704266">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[People who like life and living]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 17 13:07:16 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 26 05:22:44 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[McKibben lit me up with his exploration of issues close to my heart and frequently on my brain: sense of place, sustainability, humanist economics and sane environmental policies, intriguing urban redevelopment, alternatives paths towards a happier healthier world.  Central messages: Use less stuff....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4704266">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1509714">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A more optimistic followup to END OF NATURE, where McKibben explores places that live sustainably, or close to it, and then prayerfully hopes for cultural/political change in the Northeast U.S. where he lives. Curitiba and Kerala are places I would visit, but probably not in McKibben's company - he ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1509714">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Apr 16 10:17:29 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 14 14:05:56 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm sort of bored by this book. I tried to love it. I'm not going to finish it if anyone else wants to have it. The writing is fine--good. But I just can't get into it. (It actually is a hopeful book, as it promises to be, though you do have to dig a bit for it.)]]></body>
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    <review id="6936899">
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Sep 28 06:44:54 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Sep 28 08:05:02 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of the best books I was required to read in college....it follows a few different case studies about communities who have adopted radical and innovative strategies to live more eco-friendly and responsibly.  Really fascinating stuff.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6936899]]></url>
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    <review id="26218810">
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  <date_added>Thu Jul 03 10:52:06 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 03 10:52:06 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[at first, i thought it was too uplifting and too full of monolithic characters that raised communities into greatness...but i've been working on toning down the sarcasm. shocking, i know. read it. maybe there is some hope for humans...]]></body>
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    <review id="29341228">
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite environmental authors.  This book provides a positive outlook to what can be done to reverse negative human impacts and promote environmental sustainability.]]></body>
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    <review id="2744682">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Shows how communities who don't have that much money can live sustainably, ie a city in Brazil.<br/>Bill McKibben is a good writer, he came to talk at UC Davis not too long ago...]]></body>
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    <review id="13250223">
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jan 23 06:04:30 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great analysis of some inspiring places and people who have found solutions to a few challenging environmental and social problems.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13250223]]></url>
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    <review id="27536342">
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    <body><![CDATA[Not quite as cohesive as some of his other works... but the part about Curitiba (sp?) is fascinating!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm sure it's a great book, but it didn't grab me.]]></body>
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    <review id="11363660">
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    <body><![CDATA[WAAYYYY too sanctimonious in places.]]></body>
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