Exaggerated Impact - Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore on National Review Online

The New Yorker is not terribly impressed with Colin Beavan's No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process). Its conclusion

Global warming vs dharma cooling

The natural environment around us has plunged into a catastrophic state. But have we ever noticed that the natural environment inside our body, which includes our peace of mind, is also entering the same situation, due to our boundless greed and over consumption?
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As the world's temperature steadily soars, the temperature inside our mind is also heating up rapidly.

2009 Arctic Mariner Expedition - The Northwest Passage in an Open Boat.

The option to bypass Gjoa Haven and go straight north, as people did in 2007 and 2008 is definitely not open this year.