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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Welcome to the Stone Country Book Club Blog

Hello everyone and welcome to the Stone Country Book Club Blog!  We created this blog to be able to reach out to everyone and keep everyone updated on what's going on with the book club.  So first, here's a little history on the Stone Country Book Club:

The Stone Country Book Club was started in Philadelphia in the spring of 2010 by four friends who shared an in interest in Nature writing, deep ecology, re-wilding and environmental issues.  As of January 2011 we have read eight books and had seven excellent discussions, with many more books considered as options for future selections. Here is a list of the books we have read so far:

Shadow Mountain by Renee Askins (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201287.Shadow_Mountain)

The Sacred Balance by David Suzuki (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/248755.The_Sacred_Balance)

The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/764165.The_Snow_Leopard)

Gone Tomorrow by Heather Rogers (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126620.Gone_Tomorrow)

Welcome to the Machine by Derrick Jensen and George Drafan (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60977.Welcome_to_the_Machine)

The Body Toxic by Nena Baker (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2277026.The_Body_Toxic)

Winter World by Bernd Heinrich (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/254705.Winter_World)

Off The Grid by Nick Rosen(http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8150176-off-the-grid)

2 comments:

  1. Hey everyone! Here is a link to a site that explains composting toilets: very interesting reading!!!
    http://oikos.com/library/compostingtoilet/

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  2. Rich! Thanks a lot for posting the link on composting toilets Melanie and I have both used them in the past and they are nowhere near as awful as they are made out to be in OFF THE GRID!

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