Book Corner

They Poisoned the World is an excellent account of the corporate greed that brought the world to be contaminated with PFAS chemicals, and it is a moving recounting of some of the people who have fought to bring the reality of that contamination to light and who continue to fight for corporate accountability.

Jane ends the book with this hope-filled desire:  ”Together we CAN!  Together we WILL!  Yes we can, and we will – for we must. 

I was amazed at how early on in human history, the environments our species lived in were degraded, consumed, polluted and destroyed.

It is a fascinating overview of the deep geological history of our planet, and it narrates a history of how our species evolved to become a formidable actor in that geological history.

Hope can start this way: We are not, by birth, the planet’s enemies. Caring for ourselves, one another, and the future can all be the same thing.”

“Don’t look for hope, create it.” 

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"The Great River adds scope to our appreciation of this wonderful river we are a part of."

"What makes the book so stunning is the juxtaposition between what modern humans have done to the Red River and its valley and the simmering turmoil humans cause in their own lives, a juxtaposition of which the humans are barely aware"