{"id":76,"date":"2010-04-22T09:19:38","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T14:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/2010\/04\/22\/some-earth-day-reading\/"},"modified":"2010-04-22T09:37:43","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T14:37:43","slug":"some-earth-day-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/2010\/04\/22\/some-earth-day-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Earth Day reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/files\/2010\/04\/earth.jpg\" title=\"An Unreal View of Earth courtesy of NASA\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/files\/2010\/04\/earth.jpg\" alt=\"An Unreal View of Earth courtesy of NASA\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>Did you know that although the <a href=\"http:\/\/earthday.envirolink.org\/history.html\" title=\"how the first Earth Day came about\">first Earth Day<\/a> was founded by a <a href=\"http:\/\/bioguide.congress.gov\/scripts\/biodisplay.pl?index=N000033\" title=\"Biography of Gaylord Anton Nelson\">U.S. Senator<\/a>, its successful organization was actually coordinated by a law student?\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthday.net\/hayes\" title=\"bio of Denis Hayes\">Denis Hayes<\/a>, who later became an environmental lawyer, was, needless to say, preoccupied by issues other than his final exams at Harvard&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hks.harvard.edu\/\" title=\"Kennedy School of Government\">Kennedy School of Government<\/a> in the spring of 1970.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for a few moments of pleasant diversion during this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthday.org\/earthday2010\" title=\"Earth Day 2010 Campaign\">40th Earth Day<\/a>, I recommend relaxing with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.cornell.edu\/resrch\/intro\/finding\" title=\"Finding Books at Cornell\">book<\/a> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.cornell.edu\/\" title=\"Cornell Library\">Cornell University Library<\/a> that celebrates the earth.\u00a0 Some to consider are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cornell.worldcat.org\/title\/sand-county-almanac-and-sketches-here-and-there\/oclc\/16405709&amp;referer=brief_results\" title=\"catalog record\">A Sand County Almanac<\/a>, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aldoleopold.org\/\" title=\"Aldo Leopold Foundation\">Aldo Leopold<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cornell.worldcat.org\/title\/desert-solitaire\/oclc\/17353644&amp;referer=brief_results\" title=\"catalog record\">Desert Solitaire<\/a>, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abbeyweb.net\/\" title=\"Abbey's Web--site dedicated to Abbey\">Edward Abbey<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cornell.worldcat.org\/title\/beauty-of-the-beastly-new-views-on-the-nature-of-life\/oclc\/31865476&amp;referer=brief_results\" title=\"catalog record\">The Beauty of the Beastly<\/a>, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natalieangier.com\/\" title=\"Natalie Angier official site\">Natalie Angier<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cornell.worldcat.org\/search?q=au%3Ahenry+david+thoreau&amp;qt=advanced&amp;dblist=638\" title=\"author catalog search for Thoreau\">Most anything<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/thoreau\/\" title=\"Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry about Thoreau\">Henry David Thoreau<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cornell.worldcat.org\/title\/snow-leopard\/oclc\/3604372&amp;referer=brief_results\" title=\"catalog record\">The Snow Leopard<\/a>, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.albany.edu\/writers-inst\/webpages4\/archives\/matsnsa.html\" title=\"New York State Writers Institute authors page for Peter Matthiessen\">Peter Matthiessen<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cornell.worldcat.org\/title\/never-cry-wolf\/oclc\/1080233&amp;referer=brief_results\" title=\"catalog record\">Never Cry Wolf<\/a>, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com\/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&amp;Params=A1ARTA0005502\" title=\"The Canadian Encyclopedia entry for Farley Mowat\">Farley Mowat<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>And one of my favorites&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/cornell.worldcat.org\/title\/prodigal-summer-a-novel\/oclc\/44885231&amp;referer=brief_results\" title=\"catalog record\">Prodigal Summer<\/a>, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcharleslibrary.org\/readers_service\/bios\/kingsolver.htm\" title=\"Bio of Kingsolver from St. Charles Public Library\">Barbara Kingsolver<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In any of these books you will find the inspiration you need to take a break from your studies and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/pick5\/\" title=\"Environmental Protection Agency's Pick 5 for the Environment\">take action<\/a> on this Earth Day.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image &#8220;An Unreal View of Earth&#8221; 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