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I've been hesitant to write anything in this section of my MySpace profile. There are so many people I admire and respect that I would like to meet or, because they have passed away, have met. However, in the course of doing research for my novel,"Meanwhile, Back on Planet Earth," which began over three years ago, I came across a story about Al Gore's effort to place a satellite at a point in space from where the Earth is always seen in full sunlight. It's called a "whole Earth" view and it was Gore's vision to broadcast back to Earth, 24/7, a high-quality television signal of this view that would then be distributed over the Internet.
The name of the proposed satellite was Triana . In March 1998, Gore challenged NASA to build this spacecraft. He believed that seeing the entire Earth against the blackness of space would inspire environmental consciousness and encourage new educational and scientific efforts. Although the satellite was built, it was never launched; a casualty of partisan politics. His detractors thought Triana was just a publicity stunt timed to coincide with his 2000 presidential bid.
We all know what happened in the 2000 election. Yet, he picked himself up, dusted himself off, and focused on what was obviously close to his heart. How can you not admire him for that? So I must admit, I would enjoy sitting out on a porch somewhere while having a chat and drinking a beer with Al Gore.
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I highly recommend reading, "Ecoliteracy: The Challenge for Education in the Next Century." It's an 11-page article and it's free.
You may also want to take a look at these books on climate crisis and global warming.
Here's a sampling of books that I have particulary enjoyed reading: "Prodigal Summer," Barbara Kingsolver; "The Evolution of Jane," Cathleen Schine; "Desert Solitaire," Edward Abbey; "River Teeth," David James Duncan; "Memoirs of A Geisha," Arthur Golden; "Care of the Soul," Thomas Moore; "Ecopsychology," Roszak, Boules, and Kavner; "The Year of Magical Thinking," Joan Didion; "Perfume," Patrick Suskind; "Time Bends," Arthur Miller; "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress," Dai Sijie; "Ethics for the New Millennium," Dalai Lama; "Life is A Miracle," Wendell Berry; "When Things Fall Apart," Pema Chodron; "The Spell of the Sensuous," David Abram; "Living by Fiction," Annie Dillard; "Writing Life," Annie Dillard; "The End of Nature," Bill McKibben; "My Name Is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization," Chellis Glendinning.
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