Graphic Novel Review: As The World Burns - 50 Things You Can Do To Stay In Denial by Derrick Jensen and Stephanie McMillan - Page 4

As The World Burns: 50 Simple Things You Can Do To Stay In Denial is unabashedly radical in its call for change, and provides convincing arguments that we aren't doing enough to prevent the destruction of the natural world. The decision is ours: trust the politicians and the leaders of industry who tell us that everything will be fine, or trust our senses: sight, smell, sound, touch, and taste, that tell us the world has changed irrevocably for the worse and that we need to do something about it.

This is definitely not a graphic novel for those looking to escape the troubles of the world, or for those unwilling to accept that we've been wrong all along. Unfortunately it's speaking the truth, and unless more of us are able to realize that fact, the world as we know it will succumb to the rapacious greed of a few. It's very possible, then, that polar bears will be a thing of the past by the time our grandchildren inherit the earth. That's not a legacy I want to leave behind — how about you?

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Article Author: Richard Marcus

Richard Marcus is the author of the forthcoming book What Will Happen In Eragon IV? and has had his work published in print and on line all over the world. The not so long-haired Canadian iconoclast writes reviews and opines on the world as he sees …

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  • 1 - Randall

    Mar 06, 2009 at 1:40 pm

    Iif polar bear habit is in fact in decline, and this decline is actually significant and damaging to populations, why has there not been recorded, a significant decrease in those populations ? I see that their numbers have quadrupled during a period of massive world industrialization.

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