Hello, I just managed to get into this blog sight. I found it to be a bit cumbersome to log on because it took me a while to figure it out. So here it goes. I completed the reading assignment on Sunday. I felt the author has had a great deal of research in this particular field. He has a strong opinion that is backed by solid scientific facts and theories. The author does make comparisons to scientists that have been deceased for hundreds of years after they have created theories that are used today in the scientific community. Much of these ideas are very basic.Concepts and beliefs that may have started before or around the Neolithic time period for humankind. During this period hunter/gatherers changed from the nomadic lifestyle to the small community such as the beginnings of towns which , in time will lead to large scale cities. During this time the earliest forms of education, trade, farming, and animal domestication begins to take shape. Who would have thought that this is the blueprint for modern day capitalism. We have evolved from hunter/gatherers to a society that must have immediate satisfaction no matter what the cost. The price we are paying is huge. The amount of pollution and environmental degradation that we have inflicted on our planet has possibly left the effects irreversible. We are supposed to make life easier for future generations. The reality is we have not done a very good job. The first part of this book explains how everything is closely connected and has limits to what is ideal for that certain ecosystem. It also explains what can happen if the balance is disrupted (mainly by the interventions of mankind) Nature shows how devastating the effects can be. The best example I can think of is hurricane Katrina. During that season we broke a record for the most tropical storms. I think there was around 20 to 25 and some of these were a category 3 or higher. The experts say these storms are a direct result of global pollution.