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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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A Greener Future,
By J.W.K (Nagano, Japan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ecotopia Emerging (Paperback)
Callenbach's book does not come without flaws, but it was a fun read, with many practical ideas about constructing an ecologically friendly world. Not a work of literature per se, but an imaginative leap into a greener future, based squarely on contemporary problems that effect us all. Perhaps that is what I liked best about this book: Callenbach gives us a good look at things as they already exist. For that reason, I would even hesitate to call it a utopia. A well-grounded and researched work of ecological imagination. Worth your time.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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A Green Globe,
By Barivure Kordah (Statesboro) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ecotopia Emerging (Paperback)
Ecotopia Emerging is a novel of ideas written by Ernest Callenbach. The main idea of this book is, Callenbach uses a setting like our modern day civilized world, with pollutions, contaminations of streams, rivers, and ground waters by industrial toxic wastes. Doubtfully, after several years of this continuous contaminated way of living, he came up with a powerful and dedicated movement to preserve our future generations. In the book, the used Vera Allwen, a legislator as the organizer and the leader of the movement, assisted by a devoted Marissa D'Amico, her mother Laura, who organizes a group of Cancer victims to fight against plants making Carcinogenic chemicals. Finally, Lou Swift, a bright physics student who invented a unique Solar cell that would end the dependence on polluting fossil energy. Never the less, this movement was also joined by thousand of people, mostly commoners, who shared the same vision and values of their natural and traditional environment.
In the first three chapters of Ecotopia Emerging, the movement came up with rules similar to the Ten Commandments and the Bill of Rights called the "No More" list. It reads: No extinction of species, nuclear plants, manufacturing of carcinogenic or mutagenic substances. No adulterating in food, no discrimination of sex, race, age, religion or ethnic group. No private cars, and advertiser controllers, no limited liability corporations, no absentee ownership, no growth in population. Some of the rules were thought to be considered controversial in the public eyes, by some of the movement's members. For example, no private cars and growth in population. However, they stick to their rules and went to work by exposing government and private industries' evil deeds to the public for not making the earth a safer place to dwell. Drastically, the movement was popular due to it appearances on major TVs and in newspapers. In fact, they made their won TV channel for the convenience of their members who were in remote places Lou was a bright physics student who love dating, having sex, and working on her cell. One day after school, she opened her lab door and discovered that one of her cell had magical ingredients, which was rain and seawater, chlorides, and bromides. She couldn't find the replica of that exact magical cell, after series of experiments. She became frustrated and kicked the legs of the cell. She opened the cell's hut to look for any damage; one of the switches had fallen closed. Then she remembered that when she discovered the original cell, a switch had also fallen closed also, and one of the cells had salt water in it, it creates electrolytic reaction like chlorine, sodium hydroxide, and other compounds. Finally she did the experiment over, and then came up with the results like the original cell. She rushed the news to her father, Roger, he was proud of her. Since Lou wanted the cell to be do-it-yourself, to the public, it scared the hell out of companies who had been spending money on similar research and couldn't find the answer. Many threats from the FBI, oil companies were to Lou and her family. In the end, after continuous battle with the government and other organizations, the survivalist party finally separated themselves from the union, but it wasn't easy, the only reason why they won and successfully gained their independent country was the U.S military troops that were camped in Nevada was moved to the Middle East, due to immediate needs for troops over there.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Ecotopia: how to get there from here,
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This review is from: Ecotopia Emerging (Paperback)
Once you have read Callenbach's other famous book, Ecotopia, you're bound to feel frustrated. He holds out a vision of a wonderful country - but the path there involves breaking off from the U.S. and a short war.Surely the road to heaven doesn't have to be paved with bad intentions; Ecotopia Emerging shows a way. This "prequel" is about the period of formation of Ecotopia, but in this revised version, the new nation manages to find its way without blood being shed, or severing communications with the rest of the United States. In addition, Ecotopia Emerging is an engaging tale in its own right, particular its telling of the coming of age of the main character, Lou Swift. It would be worth reading even without the message - a rare accomplishment for a utopian novel.
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