http://materialsman.com/2009/07/silent-spring-for-real/ Construction materials and bird watching anecdotes Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:01:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://materialsman.com/2009/07/silent-spring-for-real/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Ian Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:35:48 +0000 http://materialsman.com/?p=631#comment-377 Thank you for the book recommendation, if I in turn could recommend Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman. This book is bleak in analysis, but it does promote solutions, so is expectantly hopeful. The fact that President Obama read it on holiday as I did gives me hope, we need America to show leadership in combating climate change. Thank you for the book recommendation, if I in turn could recommend Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman. This book is bleak in analysis, but it does promote solutions, so is expectantly hopeful. The fact that President Obama read it on holiday as I did gives me hope, we need America to show leadership in combating climate change.

]]> http://materialsman.com/2009/07/silent-spring-for-real/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Kerry Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:07:25 +0000 http://materialsman.com/?p=631#comment-375 I have just finished this book today. It was a wonderful book but the last two chapters left me feeling very upset. Firstly I cannot bear the thought of these birds not arriving anymore, the story of the cuckoos disappearing from a region within two years was awful. However the bigger picture for the world's future looks even more bleak. I think everyone should read this book then read 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' by Philip K Dick to realise what the world could be like without plants, insects, birds and most animals. All in all a very sad and terrible place. I have just finished this book today. It was a wonderful book but the last two chapters left me feeling very upset. Firstly I cannot bear the thought of these birds not arriving anymore, the story of the cuckoos disappearing from a region within two years was awful. However the bigger picture for the world’s future looks even more bleak. I think everyone should read this book then read ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep’ by Philip K Dick to realise what the world could be like without plants, insects, birds and most animals. All in all a very sad and terrible place.

]]> http://materialsman.com/2009/07/silent-spring-for-real/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Thomas Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:02:47 +0000 http://materialsman.com/?p=631#comment-279 Interesting view. It sounds like 'Say goodbye to the cuckoo' is a good book. It's true the sense of loss can be quite traumatic if you are acutely aware of the change of the seasons and ebb and flow of the various creatures of Nature. Interesting view. It sounds like ‘Say goodbye to the cuckoo’ is a good book. It’s true the sense of loss can be quite traumatic if you are acutely aware of the change of the seasons and ebb and flow of the various creatures of Nature.

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