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The Long Bloom of the Environment: Problems and Solutions

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Pace of Change

Political Action and Inaction

The Near and Far Future

Ignorance, Knowledge, and the Environment

Late Stage Consumerism

     The Lessons of the Great Depression

     The Disposable Society

     Gold for the Survivalist

     Reluctance and Foresight

Overpopulation

Anecdotal Evidence and Climate Change

Energy and the Environment

The Greta Thunberg Effect

The Changing Landscape of Energy Production

     Peak Oil

Biodiversity

     Hunting

     Too Many Polar Bears

     Fishing

     Competition with Other Species

     Not Insectopia

     Plants

Tragedy of the Commons

     The Ineffable

The Environment According to Found Sentences

     The Earth is Like an Egg

     Going Back to Green

Answers

     Geoengineering

Organizations and NGOs

     Monkeywrenching and Direct Action

     Online Organizations

Personal Responsibility

     Public Transit and Cars

     Changes in Consumer Patterns

Bioremediation and Nonhuman Intervention

     Microbial Adaptations

     Plants and Toxins

     Animal Costs and Ethics

Quiet Desperation

Biological Egalitarianism

Works Cited

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