The World Without Us
"The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman provides a fascinating look at our planet and what humans have done to the environment during their existence. While this author’s main premise is to examine what would happen to the world if humans suddenly disappeared, the book is really examining what humans have done to the planet, through agriculture, development, and the chemical insults we have released on the environment. The best part of this book is that Weisman successfully ties in the interconnectivity of our ecosystem, how plastic bags dumped in one part of the world go on to create havoc thousands of miles away. It is a must-read for understanding the environmental impacts we are unleashing and the drastic measures we are going to have to undertake to stop them.