Speaking at the main Louisville Free Public Library, on the 14th
Three wars in perhaps the world’s most oil-rich region. The price of oil blamed for retarding our economic recovery. Mountains blown up and dumped into valley waterways, to burn for cheap electricity for consumers too far away to see the damages to the land, water and air, all done on their accounts. And climate change wreaking unimaginable damage to lives and livelihoods around the globe.
How did we get ourselves into such a mess?
Journalist and author Amanda Little will speaking about her book, Power Trip: The Story of America’s Love Affair with Energy, this this evening at 7PM at the main Louisville Free Public Library. She’ll trace the history that got us to this sorry predicament, and offer examples of what some pioneering folks are doing to evolve us to a more sustainable future.
Tickets are required, free while they last. and available by calling 574-1644.
Tune in for a preview on WFPL (89.3) at about 1:45PM. Or watch this video introduction. The book received plenty of acclaimed reviews.
As an environmental historian and environmental engineer, I wasn’t surprised to find her book appealing. I believe that when we replace bewilderment with understanding, we can begin to evolve ourselves, I’m confident that it’d be equally interesting to anyone concerned about the climate, war, gasoline prices, Appalachia coal fields, etc.
She’ll be joined by Louisville’s Gill Holland, who, with his wife, Augusta Brown Holland, renovated a century-plus commercial building into The Green Building, Louisville’s first platinum LEED building.