On Being a 21st-Century Peasant

Eaarth follows the time-honored structure of environmentalist tracts, opening with a quick rehearsal of the science that allegedly seals our terrible fate,

followed by a much longer disquisition outlining the author’s elaborate plan for salvation. Give McKibben some credit: Unlike many prior doomsters, such as Paul Ehrlich and Stephen Schneider, he doesn’t argue for a top-down solution. He sees a situation so dire that centralized strategies will fail and we’ll have to return to living in villages and farms, becoming 21st-century peasants.On Being a 21st-Century Peasant - An environmentalist warns: We’re getting a whole new planet. [Reason]