playing n the dirt

If I can’t be in the garden then I’d rather be reading than doing anything else.  I am the same way about reading as I am about gardening.  I don’t really care to much what I read as long as there is something to read.  It doesn’t matter to me what I grow as long as there is a garden. 

On one of my last trips to the library I deceided to wonder through the non-fiction side.  As always I wasn’t there long when a title caught my eye, “A Green History Of The World.”  After quickly checking out some of the chapter titles I decided this book would interest me, and boy has it ever.  The book is exactly what the title says a green history of the world.  The sub title is “The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations.”

In my opion this book should be required reading for every human on earth.  The good news is the last few generations didn’t “invent” bad environmental policies.  The bad news humans haven’t seemed to learn anything about the environment and how to treat it in thousands of years.

Before I decided to do this book review I went to www.Amazon.com this morning to see if they have the book available.  They do, both new and used, and not bad priced.  I may buy one myself.  If you only read one book this year, please make it this one.  Again the title is “A Green History Of The World” and the author is Clive Ponting.