ECOTOPIA or BUST - Ernest Callenbach

ECOTOPIA author Ernest Callenbach talks about the signs of the influence his 1975 visionary novel has had at home and abroad, his thoughts on social change, and the urgency he sees of making the inevitable transition to clean, renewable energy sources or - the alternative - a plunge into chaos.

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[CortoArmitage]

I understand you 100%. As a child I was made to read a similar book. It glorified a male tyranny in which women were forced to obey the whims of men to learn what's good for them. .

It was called The Bible. Despise it to this day.And Im not even a woman!

[Lee Ru Fong]

i am saying that there are alternative sources of energy available now, today june 2010. alternatives to use of oil and coal.

[takepills]

Ecotopia. one of my favorite, most life changing books I've ever read. thank you so much <3

[ghostchaser13]

LOVE that Hopi Kachina doll! can I trade you something for it?

[John Tyson]

That's a disgusting book indeed.

[CortoArmitage]

Will never happen. Bust is what is going to happen.

[John Tyson]

As a teenager I was made to read a book glorifying a feminist tyranny in which men are forced to build their own houses with their own hands to learn what's good for them. I despise this man.

[mselle26]

wow... early 2008! Thank God I went to Ai-OC! Where I learned exactly how to deal with this issue. And we Socalians love are cars and need a way to get to the mountains, the beach, DTLA, Inland Empire, SD, Las Vegas, S.F., and all the way to the Canadian border...even camping in Mexico. And my father is an ASE Certified SMOG technician who has been working his ass of to reduce emissions. What will happen to his job? And I refuse to move from my HOME STATE.

[flax56]

which are you referring to? Thorium nuclear power? Eventually when we consume half of the world's oil supply it will get more expensive and we'll have no choice but to tap an alternative energy source. Referring to the establishment of an ecotopian society, it would take a resource based economy to realistically pull it off. Sustainable capitalism is kind of an oxymoron. Its core ideology is the consumption of resources and in doing so generates garbage and pollutes the environment.

[Lee Ru Fong]

alterative energy has been found. we just have refused to implement it

or develop it and let go of petroleum..