COMM2208 Lecture Notes - Eaarth, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
28 Mar 2014
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The selection from bill mckibben"s eaarth addresses the new world humans have created for themselves and the necessity of adapting to it. He writes of the changes that have occurred and that must occur in order to make the new planet inhabitable. The threat of exposure to the elements no longer presents itself to just the poor people but to all of us (mckibben 125). The issue mckibben articulates is the lack of change and acceptance throughout mankind. Instead of living in denial of the planet humans have created, mckibben urges them to adapt to it now because living life as they used to no longer suits life on eaarth . Mckibben effectively addresses the issue in the passage by articulating what once was and what must be in order for humans to increase their chances of existence. He includes suggestions for survival such as [making] our societies safer . making them smaller (mckibben 125).
