1.02022 Archive of RENATURED, Marina Zurkow's Research Bloghttps://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022Marinahttps://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022/blog/author/admin/<blockquote>"What is the world’s shortest book? The environmentalist’s book of jokes." <p style="text-align: right;"> – from writer Sharman Apt Russell's blog, <a href="http://loveofplace.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Love of Place</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: left;">She continues in her post "The Lighter Side of Global Warming:"</p> "For myself, I also feel an intangible loss. Humans are wired for continuity. We believe in culture, tradition, grandkids. We believe we are connected to the future. In the twentieth century, where I spent most of my time, we even believed in progress. We were destined to move forward into something better. Now I feel cut off. Disconnected. The future is no place I want to go. As Woody Allen wrote, 'Mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to extinction. Let us pray we choose correctly.'"</blockquote>rich