“The Panama Canal,' says Abdiel Perez, 'is like a wound that humans inflicted on the Earth--one that nature is trying to heal.” — Alan Weisman Nature Copy Share Image
The fact that the infrastructure is falling apart is not necessarily because it's built poorly. The New York City subways were built… — Alan Weisman Ants Copy Share Image
“Before artificial nitrogen fertilizer became widely available, the world's population was around 2 billion. When we no longer have it - or… — Alan Weisman Nitrogen Copy Share Image
“Puszcza, an old Polish word, means “forest primeval.” Straddling the border between Poland and Belarus, the half-million acres of the Białowieża Puszcza… — Alan Weisman Nature Copy Share Image
“In recent years, a green burial movement has protested formaldehyde, which oxidizes to formic acid, the toxic in fire ants and bee… — Alan Weisman Careless People Copy Share Image
“In the days when money was backed by its face value in silver or gold, there were limits to how much wealth… — Alan Weisman Around the world Copy Share Image
“Missing, however, are nearly all fauna adapted to us. The seemingly invincible cockroach, a tropical import, long ago froze in unheated apartment… — Alan Weisman Long ago Copy Share Image
All of us humans have myriad other species to thank. Without them, we couldn't exist. It's that simple, and we can't afford… — Alan Weisman Birth Copy Share Image
In a future that portends stronger and more-frequent hurricanes striking North America's Atlantic coast, ferocious winds will pummel tall, unsteady structures. Some… — Alan Weisman America Copy Share Image
The real people who hold our civilization together are the maintenance people. If it weren't for them - pumping water out of… — Alan Weisman Break Copy Share Image
“Once, we built structures entirely from the most durable substances we knew: granite block, for instance. The results are still around today… — Alan Weisman Architecture Copy Share Image
“Arsenic turned out to work even better, and was cheaper. Until it was banned in the 1890s, it was used widely, and… — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
For years, I have been looking for a way to look at the whole global environmental situation, which I have the privilege… — Alan Weisman Burden Copy Share Image
“In New York, the European starling—now a ubiquitous avian pest from Alaska to Mexico—was introduced because someone thought the city would be… — Alan Weisman Central park Copy Share Image
“Once, we built structures entirely from the most durable substances we knew: granite block, for instance. The results are still around today… — Alan Weisman Architecture Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I think the population question is important, if we want to be as green as possible, any of… — Alan Weisman Building Copy Share Image
Most people would rather not hear about the environment because it's scary, so my goal was to write something that was readable… — Alan Weisman Book Copy Share Image
Without us, Earth will abide and endure; without her, however, we could not even be. — Alan Weisman Earth Copy Share Image
“Whether we accept it or not, this will likely be the century that determines what the optimal human population is for our… — Alan Weisman Breeding Copy Share Image
“Paranormalists, however, insist that our minds are transmitters that, with special effort, can focus like lasers to communicate across great distances, and… — Alan Weisman Philosophy Copy Share Image
“IT IS STARTLING to think that all Europe once looked like this Puszcza. To enter it is to realize that most of… — Alan Weisman Nature Copy Share Image
“Back above ground, like robotic versions of the mosques and minarets that grace the shores of Istanbul's Bosphorus, Houston’s petroscape of domed… — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
“I think that people's nature is always to want a better life. So from that, we should not expect human beings to… — Alan Weisman Better life Copy Share Image
