“Earth 2100,” ABC’s two-hour “journey through the next century to explore what might be our worst-case scenario,” aired on Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Through a graphic novel format, the program follows generations of an American family during a 21st century in which “the ‘perfect storm’ of population growth, dwindling resources and climate change converge . [...]
You’re ready for “The Big One,” right? Earthquake? Hurricane? Flu pandemic? Terrorist or military attack? Whatever The Big One conjures up in your mind, no matter how much you’d prefer to avoid thinking about it, you’re better off confronting it now, when you have the most time and resources to prepare for it. Having survived [...]
World Made by Hand By James Howard Kunstler, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008, $24.00 hardcover It’s post-apocalyptic America and the residents of Union Grove, NY are picking up the pieces of their town and their lives. As apocalypses go, this one isn’t so bad. Most townspeople live in quaint homes, sturdily constructed in the late 19th [...]