http://postapocology.com/blog/2008/04/23/green-books-for-earth-day-week-2008/ Advancing PostApocology Studies in Climate Chaos, Peak Resources, Plague/Virus, Species Collapse, Biome Breach, Recovery, and more. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:37:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://postapocology.com/blog/2008/04/23/green-books-for-earth-day-week-2008/#comment-109 Christopher Fahey Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:36:55 +0000 http://postapocology.com/blog/2008/04/23/green-books-for-earth-day-week-2008/#comment-109 I learned about the Easter Island story through Thor Heyerdahl's book Aku Aku, and learned the same lessons even though his story didn't get the details quite right (it was one of the first real archaological expeditions to the island). The "navel of the world" nearly destroyed itself only a few decades before Captain Cook arrived, and the destruction proceeded precipitously between Cook's departure and the next European ship to arrive. I learned about the Easter Island story through Thor Heyerdahl’s book Aku Aku, and learned the same lessons even though his story didn’t get the details quite right (it was one of the first real archaological expeditions to the island). The “navel of the world” nearly destroyed itself only a few decades before Captain Cook arrived, and the destruction proceeded precipitously between Cook’s departure and the next European ship to arrive.

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